Photo: Chilkat Shaman, Skan-Doo, one of the headman of the Kaagwaantaan, c. 1895. The Chilkats closely guarded their trade routes into the interior of Alaska and Canada. Legend tells us that the Chilkats began to lose control of the prosperous trade routes only after the United States Army came armed with Gatling guns. The traditional weapons of the Tlingit, spears and daggers, were no match for automated weapons.