Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-11
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few wen Suince there was considerable
excitement created about several murders
of white men on East Walker River, and
the subse4 int arrest by company Is
soldiers ofstwo indians; the Indians be-
ing now confined in Jail at Dayton, await
ing eheir trial. We were yesterday called
uponby NJ. Thompson. a farmer on
.East walkeFfer, who gave6s some par
ticulars regarding the men who were muir
Z dered. Isaac Stewart, aged twenty-six
years, an6formesly from Cleveland. Ohio,
was one of the unfortunate men killed.
The other was named Robert Rebe, Ger
man by birth, and aged about 80 years.
Mr.. Behe was a well educated man, and
quite a1nineralosist. The Two concluded
to go off prospecting together toward
Reese River. and accordingly packed q
horse with provisions and tools, and each
yode another hOrse. When they arrived
wathiR mile or two of the head of
Walker Lake, they concluded Is camp for
the night, Rsbe seeing to. arranging the
eamp, while Stewart went ahead mile or
two to look up tine best road to travel on
the start the next morning. Twelve or
fifteen Indians stealthily crawled upon
Rebe just as he was in the act of striking
a match to kindle fire to get supper, and
fred ball into his back, which caused
him to fall forward upon his face. The
Indians then approached. and with a
heavy rock mashed his skull. They then
followed Stewart, who was far enough
away on horseback not to hear the report
of the rifle. They overlook Stewart and
attempted to shoot him, but their rifle
missed FIRE. He then tried 10 escape by
fast riding, but the Indians being feet of
foot, were close upon his heels; and when
he, reached the lake, deep gulch, forming
a high and steep ledge of rocks, prevented
him from riding further; so, abandoning
his horse, and seeing that he was sur
rounded by the red devils, he took to the
lake, and was either shot Or drowned.
His body has never been seen since. The
Indians stripped and robbed the body Of
Rebe, and it is supposed dragged it to and
threw it into the Lake, as it has not been
seen since Quite a sum of money was
taken from a belt on the body, not less
than $3.50, or perhaps a thousand. These
particulars were subsequently given to
Mr.. Thompson, our informant, by several
friendly Indians. 1t is certain that not
less than twelve or fifteen Indians were
engaged in this cruel and cold-blooded
murder-but the chief and his tribe con-
cluded to give up (voluntarily) only two
of the fends. These Indians, after they
were arrested, made a clean breast of it;
confessed their crime to Captain Wallace,
\ and offered to compromise the matter by
each giving up his own father as sacri-
Ace, besides five ponies for damages The
settlers on East Walker river consider
these murders very serious affairs, as well
they may. and have about made up their
minds to take the law into their own
hands with every red devil who again mo-
Tests them. They feel incensed at the tri-
ding leniency which has been shown to
the Indians who perpetrated these two
last bloody and fendish murders by the
military authorities. While there were
not less than a dozen of these Indians
guilty of this dreadful crime, but two were
overwhelmingly Captain. Wallace had
very nearly two whole companies of mill
tary Zone of cavalry and one of Infantry
and could, if ne had felt disposed, arrested
or killed every guilty Indian there was at
Walker Lake. It will be but poor sat-
isfaction to have the two Indians who are
in custody hung las hung they will be, if
not by the Sheriff, then by the populace
of Dayton,), to avenge the murder Of two
well educated and enterprisiDg white men.
In Captain Wallace's truly-elaborate
report Jour readers will perhaps remember
having heard Of it,, " Josephus cut a
prominent figure in the expedition to
Walker Lake but not such figure as
Josephus" considers he was entitled to
l. considering the diplomacy, strategy,
and craftsmanship which he displayed in
arresting the murderous, red-skinned enc
nv of the white man-and it is his wish
that Captain Wallace shall distinctly I'M
derstand his position when attempting to
make military glory for himself at "Jo-
sephus'" expense. JosEPHUs has secre-
tary at his campoody," and he has sent
US the official and the only correct report
to the War Department of this terrible
but bloodless expedition to Walker Lake.
e" Josephus desires to make his report to
the War Department through the News
the same as Captain Wallace did through
the Enterprise. Read:
FoRr JosEPHus, WALKER LAKE,
! March 80, 1855.
To THE SECRETARY OF WAR: Having
seen the report of my second in command
transmitted through the columns Of the In
terprise), and deeming it insufficient to ex-
plain in full the great campaign SO lately and
successfully brought to a close, l hereby
| transmit to the War Department a report Of
our great achievement. Receiving positive
| evidence that two worthy and respected citi-
Gems of East Walker had been murdered BY
twelve or fifteen Of my Indians, and knowing
that there were party Of their friends look
inc for them, and that the affair would sooner
or later be found out, felt it my duty a. q
commanding officer to report the affair at the
Fort, before the party in search should ascer-
tain to certainty the manner Of their death,
so that the military might be brought out to
arrest some little boy or old WORKOUT Indian
to pay with their life the penalty Of so helm
Gus a crime. The thing had become too
common. These two made FIVE that had