Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-25

in the flames. Pratt's horse, though Sc
verely wounded, yet had sufficient strength
to carry his rider so far $way as to be be-
yond the reach OF the savages. He then
fell under him and died. Pratt, himself
shot through the lungs. received the
friendly attention Of some immigrants
travelling overland in a body, who strove
to save his life. He managed to give an
account Of the attack. The smoke of the
burning station was then visible in the
distance. He lived but q few hours after
kind hearts endeavored to administer to
his sufferings.
In this warfare with the Indians, there
were many instances of individual bravery.
The bravery of the white arose from the
natural fearlessness Of his disposition and
a contempt for the treacherous and unap-
peasable foe that Of the Indian from a
hatred Of the restraints put upon him by
the whites, and from a vengeance he con-
sidered due to the blood of his brethren
slain by them. In the summer Of 1868,
one Indian alone, a Goshute, about two
miles from Spring Valley station, attacked
the stage coach travelling overland, drawn
by four horses, and having a guard with
the driver, besides the passengers. The
Indian was armed only with bow and ar
rows. He disabled one horse and killed
another, when he was himself shot by the
guard. He still managed to let fly his ar
rows so dexterously that he could not be
overcome until another bullet put an end
to him.
The cavalry troops had a fierce contest
at Battle Mountain on Duck Greek, where
they killed some thirty or forty of the Indi-
ans. In this battle, sKinnimitch," a med
icine man, bore a distinguished part. The
Vnltans Iraofa1 and halIouad that 50 Ktnni-
mitch could not be slain. The whites
we're anxious to disabese the Indian mind
Of this idea, so that he was particularly
sought after. But all to no purpose, for
> Kinnimitch," though wounded in the
foot and ann, managed to escape after the
Indians had BEEN defeated. This he did
by wading the creek and hiding in 1t,
screened by the willows along the Sides.
1t is likely that +" Kinnimitch is still liv-
ing. He long afterwards %recounted to the
whites, with whom he became friendly, the
particulars Of the engagement, and Of his
own perils and escape.
This war has scarcely o place in the rec
election Of the inhabitants of Nevada. who
were not participants, or actually engaged
in it. 1t Is not SO, however, wit the Ind
ians. On stated anniversaries they be-
wall with ceremony the loss of their kim
uIeu III ILLS WIT, anu tle scctts VI iS
death struggle often trouble their dreams.
There is a piece Of rock standing on the
ridge running up the South Mountain at
Egan canyon. One morning in 1868, an
Indian was discovered standing by this
rock, calmly surveying the scene below,
and particularly the overland station to
the west, then garrisoned by a number of
| soldiers. He was so far off that he en-
joyed the excitement produced by his APP
pearance, and made q very significant ges-
ture Of derision and contempt for the
soldiers. One of them, determined to re-
| ply to his salutation, fred at him from the
station with a rifle, and, strange to say,
with wonderful accuracy of aim, shot him
through the head. His remains were
buried behind the rock on the mountain;
and in 1873 his skull, disturbed in some
way from its resting place, was exhibited
among the miners at Egan as a relic of the
war, and of the disaster which overlook the
Indian who was ignorant of, or conceitedly
despised, the virtues of long range 1t was
a shot Of nearly 1000 feet.