Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-03-20
A Drunken Indian Assaults Two
White Ladies'.

On Tuesday evening about o CLOCK,
two of the most estimable ladies' of Carson
started upon neighborly Grand, mp the
lane which runs alongside the track Of
the V. & T. r. R., for Nevers' Ranch !:
and when aboat half way between the
round house and the place of their des-
tination they were suddenly confronted
by an Indian who was evidently under
the influence of intoxicating liquor, but
who was vet sober enough to know bet
ter than to do as he did. and who when
the ladies were about passing him seized
one of them rrdely by the shoulders.
OF course the lady thus assaulted became
greatly alarmed, but luckily for her, her
COMPANION exhibited rare courage and
presence of mind and she vigorously at
lacked the Indian, not forgetting. mean
time, to Join her friend i'll crying Justify
for help His worm reception and the
outcries of alac1n frightened the scoun-
lrcl and he left them; and they, bent
upon securing his punishment and pros
ecuting their own Grand, returned to
the Round House where they met eX-
Constable Sam Hodgkinson who, with
another man, bore them company mp the
lane fora considerable distance, until II
becoming time for Hodgkinson to return
TO his duties. he did the best ne could
10 under the circumstances and lent one
Of the ladies his pistol, and they pur-
sued their way to Severs house. On
inquiry there. they learned that an III
dian such as they described had been
.here; and these valiant ladies. accom-
panied bv our friend Jim Griffith started
out in the direction of Bath place 10
search for Mr. Indian, and sure enough
thew came in sight of HIM and she OF
the pistol let drive at him but prohabiy
with 10 desirable effect, for the rascal
made tremendous time skedaddi1ng to-
ward Baths and was soon lost to sight
Now this is a pretty serious matter IN
many respects. First it illustrates the
very positive dangers arising from the
selling of liquors to Indians; and sec
ondly it warns our lady friends OF all
ages and conditions that it is not safe
thing for them to go, unprotected oy
male friends or without arms IN the
hands of resolute ones of their own num-
Der, out into the unprotected byways
and trails which are often resorted to
for pleasure walks by our townioi1.
Uniformly the Washoes are notably
harmless and inoffensive people; but
the sort of whiskey which is sold to them
is enough to make bowling savage OF
cultivated and non combatant white
man: and the wonder is that with the
frequent recurring DRINKS observable
among the Indians here lately they have
not perpetrated more outrages outside OF
their own people than have been brought
to notice. The cruelty Of the bucks to
their squaws and children when they
are drunk is something dreadful; and a
hard working squaw that makes herself
useful about some of our townspeople'
kitchens told a pitiful story, day or
two since, of the slow dying OF her little
boy from the effects of a beating inflicted
upon him by a drunken Indian. We
trust that measures may be taken to
watch and trap those persons, chinese
or others, who are suspected of dealing
out fire water" to the Indians here
about.