Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-24

classed smong those ..r.negsde whites
Who had armed against their own
race. He bad not been on the
Plains during the present Indian war.
and therefore had not been much killed
on either side in the late slaughter.
Daring the course OF the conversation he
remarked that be bad lived among the
SIOUX ever since be was ten years OF age.
aud spoke their language with more ease
than be did his own. They were greatly
uniersted as q fighting people. They
numbered at least 5000 warriors, besides
their lighting boys" well armed,
mounted and equipped. With our PRES
ent force. consisting Of about 5000
troops. infantry and cavalry. it wonld be
impossible to conquer them. In such
q war he thought the Infantry worse
than useless. A participation 10 several
battles with the Sioux bad taught him
that they were powerful enemies to cope
with. They knew every inch Of their
country. Every canyon and gorge is
familiar to them. They are the best
marksmen In the world. They ride
horses that can travel over any kind OF
ground. They live on nothing but meat
huu hlhhlt WhtCI. lWO o'ctP wiz
do them. and they can go three days
without food. Custer, he thought. WAS
not sufficiently familiar with the formid.
able character Of the Sioux. and, as Gen.
Sturgis bad said, recklessly rushed into
Q trap which his willy foes deliberately
set for him
Emmett was among the Indians in 1867
q, the Fort Phil Kearney massacre. He
gave q narrative OF that terrible slaughter
which will proveIoi interest TO the reader
| as it contains some new facts not hereto
fore published. Early one morning 9
| detail Of 100 men were sent to q creek
known as Crszy Woman's Fork" to
bring in wood for the fort. The creek in
question d.rivrs its name from tragedy
which took place on its banks. In 1859.
when the so.called gold fever was at it's
height, some eui9rants. en- route for
California, were attacked by q band of
| Ogallalla Sioux led by Red Cloud. All
the men, one after another. fell beneath
| the tomahswk of the ssvages, while the
women were reserved for worse fate.
The most Of them met speedy death,
but Mrs. Henderson, wife of one Of the
murdered emigrants, and mother OF two
, small children. after having seen her
husband killed before her eyes and the
brains of her little ones dashed out, wa,
delivered into the hands OF the savages
and met no mercy. She passed from
one to another, till madness took away
her sense OF suffering, and the wretc hei
found their victim was a raving mapiac
With the superstition OF their race the,
stopped their abuse, but too late; the un
happy woman died from shock, and from
that time the Indians say that her spirit
hsunts the borders OF the creek, and or
stormy nights her wild laugh can b,
heard above the whistlinR Of the wind
They call the place ah-Run- ush-
"Crazy Woman's Fork" The Indian
had been watching the fort for weeks
firing on the sentr los. and cutting oil
parties who ventured out for the neces
sary supply of water. When the WOO,
detail w"s ordered out they sent abou
twenty five Of their men to attack tn
soldiers and retreat. which they did
The men expecting an easy victory. wer
led to follow them step by step into
narrow pass. The instant they were i
the desired position the artful savage
Appeared from both sides OF the canyon
firing down on the surprised soldiers
slaughtering them to man. Each bod
had been disjoin,ed and cut into sma
pieces. and the pieces piled into sma
mounds. The burning sun and swarm
OF canyon flies ~tr. doug their loatt
some work. Therefore. the only thin
to be done was to dig a trench by tn
side Of each heap and shovel the mas
under the earth. Since then q mont
ment has been erected on the spot.