Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-02-13

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care to live
At length the council met: chief aftel
chief, rose and recounted the wrongs O
his band, and demanded war After al
had spoken. then NU-MA-GA, looking like
the ghost of dead Indian, walked into the
circle; and. for an hour, poured forth such
a torrent Of eloquence, as these warriors
had never listened to before. 'You would
make war upon the whites, said he; 'I ask
you to pause and reflect. The white men
| are like the stars over your heads. You
have wrongs. great wrongs, that rise up
like those mountains before you; but, can
you, from the mountain tops, reach and
blot out those stars Your enemies are
like the sands in the bed of your rivers;
when taken away, they only give place for
more to come and settle there. Could you
defeat the whites in Nevada, from over the
mountains, in California, would come to
help them an army, OF white men that would
cover your country like blanket What
hope is there for the Pah- Ute? From
where is to come your guns, your powder,
your lead, your dried meats to live upon,
and hay to feed your ponies with, while
you carry on this war. Your enemies have,
of all these things, more than they can use
They will come like the sand in a whirl-
wind, and drive you from your homes:
You will be forced among the barren rocks
of the north, where your ponies will die;
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starve; and listen to the cries Of your child
ren for food. [ love my people; let them
live; and when their spirits shall be called
to the Great Camp, III the Southern sky,
buried
As NUMA-GA was thus making a last des-
perate effort to change ths action of the
chiefs, and was sending home conviction of
its folly to their understanding, an Indian,
upon upon foam faxed pony, dashed up
to the council ground; and tie speaker
paused. The new conner walked into the
circle. and, pointing to the southeast said:
last night, with nine
braves, burned Williams station, on the !
Carson river; and killed four whites" Then
NJ MA-GA. with q sad look in the direction
that the warrior had pointed, replied:
There is no longer any use for council; !
NC must prepare for war, for the soldiers !
will now come here to fight US
THE BURNING OF WILLIAMS STATION
On the 5th Of Nay, 1860, the question was
pending, and the great influence of NU-MA-
so had begun to make an impression il I
avor Of conference, iustead of collision !
With the whites secret war party, num-
,ering nine in all, had left camp unbe,
Known to that chief. Under command of
Japt 500, they reached the Carson river,
bout sundown at the place where James
}. Williams was keeping station on the
Overland Road, ten miles northeast of
where Fort Churchill was afterwards built.
There are three of that war party now
iving, and one of them described the scene
,e I've getthere bout night sun little
Tay up and leave ponies back, mabs half
nile Then we all go down to cabin, and
hree white men come out. They look
lighty scared and talk heep to Capt. 500,
nd i"
what did they say TO them?' we asked.
''Dunno; talk heep. I no understand
1nglish then"
"Well, what did they do next? ?"
'Bimeby one start off and run up the
oad to ards Duckland's and two Enjin run
fter him, and bring him back. Then one,
c run for the river, and me after him; he
mp in and me watch bimeby he get half
ay cross mabe then drown."
did you shoot him when he was swim
hug ?"
''No, nobody shoot him ia water maybe
}. somebody shoot him fore that He
eep splatter water, no swim much.
now him drown purity soon, no use to
loot."
''While you was gone TO the river, what
as done at the station?'
81 no see that They tell me white man
raw knife, and then one Iniin grab him I
ON behind, then two, three, mabe four
hin grab him then one take his arm and
D sot and break it, and that make him drop
le knife and then they throw him on the
round, and kill bim."
''How did they kill him @
''They no tell me that. [ dunno mabs G