Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-03-25
EXCITEMENT OVER A sHOsHONE
SQUAW.



Yesterday afternoon, about o'clock, a
Shoshone Indian, known as Captain
Andy" tried to forcibly take Shoshone
squaw away from house on Lacour
street, few doors east of the post-office.
He had dragged her half across the road,
she screaming at the top of her voice,
when gentleman who happened to be
passing interfered and released her, strik-
ing the buck two or three stunning blows
in order to do SO. The squaw rushed
back into the house she had been dragged
from, when the buck, having partially re-
covered from the blows dealt him. sprang
after her in u most threatening manner.
By this time number of white men had
gathered, and, the report being credited
by oil that Captain Andy wanted to get
the squaw out to kill her for infdelity, nc
cording to the Shoshone and Piute GUS
tom. an intense excitement was precipi-
tated, and the crowd rapidly increased,
many of whom were Indians. Officer
Mckee then started to arrest the Indian
who ran through the suburbs. gain
ing SO rapidly on the officer that the lat
ter returned and procured horse. This
delay in the pursuit had given the Indian
quite q start, and for fifteen or twenty
minutes the chase was very exciting.
And all this while the excitement in
creased along Lacour street, SO that
| thousand white men, at least, and all the
| Indians in town, were hurrying up to-
wards the hospital, to get better view OF
the pursuit; for half an hour every rocky
| point in the direction of the chase was
covered with white men and savages. The
officer got within hailing distance OF the
| Indian about two miles northwest of the
city, and the former answered the chal-
lenge to stop with the discharge Of q bull
let from his rifle, fortunately, without eff
feet; drawing his revolver, the officer
continued to advance, when the Indian
fired three times at him with his revolver,
being all the loads it contained. The Of
fcer, of course, returned the shots. one Of
his bullets cutting hole through the
savage's shirt; but the former was not
hurt, though the four bullets fired at him
all whizzed by in unpleasant proximity.
Finally the savage surrendered, there be-
down, as officer Mckee still had bullets
| III reserve. ne WIZ, DTouput W luc City
and is now in Jail.
The opinion seemed to be general that
Captain Andy's object in trying to get the
woman beyond the city limits was tc
murder her; but we have succeeded il
getting the Indians side of the question
which presents it in an entirely different
light "Bill Robinson" half Piute ant
half Shoshone, very intelligent young
Indian, who talks fair English, gives thu
following version: Jennie. the squav
Captain Andy tried to get away, is I
young mother, he says, and that her in
FAINT was suffering for that nutrimen
which the mother only could give; ant
: Captain Andy was exercising his author
; ity as sub-chief to make her go and re
, lieve her child This. Bill says, was tn
!, principal motive of his trying to max
! her 60 to her wakiup, mile or tw
, to the northwest of the city; anothe
j object that he had was to hav
all the tribe in Phoebe attend fandang
and certain tribal ceremonies that wer
. to take place tomorrow. "Bill Robin
son" says the squaw never had bee
: accused of infdelity, and that her If
would not have been endangered if Cap
tain Jack had succeeded in taking he
away; but lie thinks she would have bee
= whipped-as she ought to have been.
:, Bills statement is true-for leaving he
a infant to famish. The sympathy of til
Indians is altogether with Captain JAG
u in the affair.
J. And such was the big excitement c
8 yesterday. All agree that the office
II would have been justified in shootin
Q the Indian down; but, after hearing I'll
> other side OF the question, we were gla
/. Captain Andy's life was spared.