Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-09-23
TILE sQUAw cREEK TRAGEDY,

ne ioiioWing particulars OF the
shooting Of James Ballantyne are fur
nished us by Dir. w. j. Rothwell, Of
iPlaceryille:
On Upper Squaw creek, September
18th, about one o'clock P. NJ, Mr.. JAS.
bailantyne's son, aged Ia years, while
searching foi hogs about eight miles
above his fathers ranch was shot by
an Indian, the ball entering tie chest
one inch to the outer side of the righe
nipple, passing through tie right lung
aud escaping about two inches above
the lower angle Of the shoulder blade:
thus Infilcting a very dangerous if not
a fatal wound. The boy saw the In
dian before the shooting, but thought
1t might be one Of the ranchers in
search of stock, and while riding
around for a better view Of the per-
son received the wound. The boy
says he knew nothing for considera-
bic time, and when he came to him
self was still clinging to his. saddle,
his clothes red with blood, and spit
ting blood freely. The brave little
fellow kept his saddle for eight miles,
though often so faint that he could
not see the way, and his brain SO dix
zy from loss OF blood that he thought
1T impossible to sit upright i'll his sad
die. As soon as he reached home Mr..
Deusinbcrry started to Quartzburg
where Mr.. Ballantyne was working,
arriving there about two o'clock that
night. He then went TO Placerville
for DR.. Rothwell, who started as soon
as possible, accompanied by r. K. Ir-
viii, Esq, over the Jerusalem and
Brownlee trails, reaching the wound
ed boy that evening The Doctor
dressed his wounds and left him next
morning in very good condition con-
sldering the nature of the wound.
Nothing certain can be said as We.
about the final results. Should plen-
risy or inflammation of the lung ensue,
it will likely prove fatal; if not his
chances for recovery are considered
favorable.
The news Of the sad affair spread
through the valley like lightning, and
within one hour from the boys arri-
val home, nine ranchmen, headed by
Mr.. Calvin Beard, were in their sad
dies determined to punish the savages
for wantonly shooting a defenseless
boy. They campcd that night near
the scene of the shooting, and on the
following morning, thinking the Indi-
ans would certainly be on the march,
they started to intercept them on their
supposed line of march, travelled all
day and seen nothing of them till re-
turning at P NJ. to the scene of the
shooting. They saw some horses,
This put the willy ranchmen on their
guard, aud they soon espied the Indi.
an camp, could see plainly a few
squaws and pappooses, and four stall
wart old bucks. The Indians seeing
them about the same time struck for
the brush close by, the volunteers fir
ing on them as they ran. Two Indi-
ans were shot, as they were seen to
throw their hands up and fall on their
faces; but they crept into the brush,
whittier they were not followed, the
fearing that large band
might be concealed there. They |
stampeded their horses, twenty-five
in number, among which they found
seven horses belonging to the Weiser
valley The boys say the owners can
have them by proving property and
paying ten dollars for each horse.
Five of the horses were identified as
belonging to Edward Jewel, and one