The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-17

caught an. Indian. pony which had
thrown it's rider and joined the whites.
To secure this pony the Indians passed
several whites without molesting them,
and finally brought the rider down with
a ball in the back As he lay on the
ground, apparently dead, he wounded
an Indian who was riding past him,
and the two had hand to hand en-
counter on the ground, the white being
killed. One white was wounded while
swimming the river, dying on the oppo-
site bank On the plain the fugitives
were killed as fast as overtaken. The
whites admit seventy-six killed. The
Indians only account for forty six whites
killed, and can show their graves. At
one place where grave was shown Mr..
Gilbert saw no signs of it and said SO to
the Indians, who Immediately dug up
some of the bones from the loose sand
to prove their assertion.
THE DEATH OF MAJOR oRMsBY.
Major Ormsby, who led the whites,
was an old resident of Carson. The
Indian who gave him his first wound
described his death. He was going up
the slope from the Truckee river on
horseback, when the girth broke and
he slipped off behind the horse. This
was after the stampede began, seven
miles from the original battle-ground.
The horse dashed up the ravine, and
Ormsby, when he gained the ridge,
found himself closely pursued by about
dozen Indians. Recognizing thesnar-
rator, he made signs with his hands
that he would like to talk. The Indi-
ans called out, TOO late to talk now, ;"
and sent an arrow through his body.
Ormsby passed his hand back to his
hip. as if to draw weapon, and then
sank to the ground. The arrow passed
through his bowels, and another savage
rushed up and emptied the contents of
six-shooter into the dying man.
NAMELEss HERO.
Ormsby was alone when this was
being done, but moment later boy
dashed back to him with a six-shooter
in hand and began to fight. He fred
two shots without effect and then
sprang behind horse standing near
Ormsby's body. He held the bride in
his left hand and tried to keep the
horse between him and the foe. He
might have escaped by dashing over
the ridge, but seemed determined to
remain near Ormsby's body. He was
finally shot in the leg, and falling lost
his grip on the bride rein and was
killed on the ground. The Indians de-
scribe him as a mere lad, who was the
only one who remained with his COM
handing officer after the first stampede.
sroREY's DFATH.
The death of Captain Storey occurred
in June, one month later. He led the
posse which went out to avenge the
massacre. The slayer of Storey gives
the following account of how he sue
eeeded in bringing the leader down:
II fired at Storey all through the fight,
because knew he was great man. 1t
had no effect. The balls rolled off as
fast as they struck. Then prayed to
the Sun to help me, and voice said,
Wet the ball. spit on the ball, and
the next shot brought him down. :"
In this fight the Indians were badly
worsted.
THE CAUSE OF THE WAR
Was the burning of Williams Station,
on the Carson, by the Indians. They
pointed out this spot and said five men
were killed, three of whom were
burned in the cabin. This outrage led
to the war. The Indians gave de-
tailed account of this tragedy, and say
the killing at Williams was done to
avenge beastly outrage perpetrated
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