Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-03
An INTERESTING STATEMENT OF
THE CAUSES AND LEADING IN
ClDENTS OF THE LATE INDIAN
WAR By CLEVELAND AND MUIR.
PLY.

statement of the circumstances attend
ing the late Indian War;" by Dan
Murphy and A. c. Cleveland, which we
ccrdense as follows;
Tie narrative s;aris ont with an an
swer to the recent Geographic statement
made by Sheriff Fife and the Commits
missioners Of Lincoln county denouuc-
ing Murphy and Cleveland for getting
up a false alarm, etc. Then We come TO
the body of the narrative, namely:
On or about the Goth of August the
settlers of Snake Valley were ordered bv
the Indians to leave the valley. The In
dams claimed that white men had killed
one of their horses, which WIS found
badly mutilated, and for which they (the
Indians) claimed and demanded $500 as
n recompense. Since then the Indians
admit tia. they Gu. the horse up them
selves. Shortly after this strange affair
Indians commenced coming TO ranches
and talking to the Indians who were at
work for the ranchers. The Indians
seemed uneasy and commenced leaving
for the mountains. in many instances
going of without asking for or receiving
their pay. Three Indians, who were
working on Cleveland's ranch, and who
had worked for him more or less for the
last four or five years, also Suddenly left
An Indian boy, Who was heriing stock
for Cleveland. came TO the ranch and de-
hvered his horse. saddle and bride to
Cleveland. who questioned him very
closely. when he admitted that the In
dams had ordered him to come to the
mountains and that they were going to
fight. All persuasion and assertions by
Cleveland that there was nothing in it
were of no avail with him the bow.
He would not listen. but left for the
mountains as ordered by his tribe. This
was about IL o'clock on the morning of
the day that Toland was killed by the
Indians, and it was impossible for the
boy, or the Indians who ordered him to
leave, to have known of the killing Of
Toland at that time of day. The next
morning. about O'Clock. Mr.. Leathers
came to Cleveland's ranch in a very ex-
hausted state, fainting three times after
reaching Cleveland shouse, and informed
us of the killing of his partner, Toland,
by an Indian, and the shooting at him
{ Leathersl three times. After providing
for feathers . messenger was then sent
to Adams ranch, eight miles south, to
inform them of what had taken place,
Mrs. Adams. her child and sister imme- |
tiiately came to Cleveland S ranch, when it |
appeared that these ladies had been very |
uneasy for several days from the reports
Of the Indians who had been working
on the ranch for Mr.. Adams, to them, |
that they (the Indians) were going to
the mountains to fight the white man"
Cleveland then took a man and started
Tor Sacramento Pass for the purpose of
bringing in the family, for projection.
who was residing in the pass. When
lbout a mile from the ranch they struck
he trail of Lesthers, which they followed
or three or four miles, when they met
IN Indian coming toward them on Leath-
RS trail. The Indian, on seeing, start
ii back in the direction from whence he
anne. Cleveland then started to head
lin of. After a chase of half mile he
in heading him. During the
ime Of the chase the Indian KEEP. con-
inually whooping and waving his hand
oward the mountains, as if calling for
ssistance. They then started with him
oward the ranch in tending to take him
'risoner. Soon after starting five mount
d Indians rode out Of the mountains,
rom the same direction in which he
anne. and rode up on 70 bench over
boxing the valley. After remaining ,
here few moments they turned back .
nd went into the mountains again. !
hey then proceeded with their prisoner
owards Cleveland's ranch. When with .
d about a mile of the ranch the Indian :
ommenced whipping his horse. and be- :
ore they were aware of it lie had got !
ome distance in advance O. them. They
hen started TO overtake him, but he =
eemed to be very determined to reach
le house first, and, as there were two
r three shot gums at the house, they did ="
OF want him to get possession Of them.
[r. Cleveland called for Mr.. Murphy, =
no was in the house at the time, who I
Ime ont With q shot gun and leveled it =
4 the Indian, when Cleveland called to =
IN not to shoot, that he wanted to take I
IN prisoner but seeing the Indian did =
1t intend to stop, Cleveland called to
urphy to shoot, which he did, but the !.
ldian being some distance from him =
ID the gun being only loaded with bird 9
ot, it had very little or no effect. The =
dian then ran down the creek in the 8
Of the tules. Cleveland then s.
n his horse down past him to head him "
and tired to stop him. which he could
( do. He then shot him. 81
We then sent o messenger to ShO- a,
on's, where our men were gathering \:
tile, with instructions for them to send -
g man around the mountains to Cobb's fu
l.