Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-01-30

hundred yards away, pointed to the bill
about twenty miles across the valley, wher
his people were, and said to him, go" A
first he moved off doubtfully and in hest
tating kind of way looking back over hi
shoulder, expecting every instant to hea
the dreaded life speak death to him. A
length his movements became more assured
He scaned the country ahead, looked bacl
once more. then suddenly leaping into the
air, those shoes went spinning into the sage
| brush on either side, and the boy was off fol
the camp of the Washoes with the speed OF
the wind, my friend, said our informant
II never saw running till that day. The way
that Ingin reached out was terror. !
could jest see = alue streak out of which q
hat dropped in the sand, then coat, and
finally pair of pants, when things in that
direction began to look little black, and
then vanished"
During the ensuing summer General
Gaines and Jack Johnson, from Placersille,
Cal, came over to Nevada and stopped for
while at Eagle Station, and spent their
time in hunting On their last trip to
Wasboe Valley they,shot an Indian. wound
ing him severely, but he attempted to make
his escape. Becoming exhausted. however,
from loss OF blood, he secreted himself by
crouching down into a crevice between
some rocks. Gaines and johnson traced
him by the blood stains to the place of his
J,t a. IL
reach him by taking hold of the muzzle of
their guns, they tried pounding him in this
manner, with view of completing their
work, but finally desisted and finished kill
ing him with stones.
Why" we asked, "did they kill him
What had he done?'
"Oh, nothing, replied the narrator;
''Gaines and Johnson were going back to
California in few days, and wanted 8 story
to tell about killing au Indian in Utah.
After they had gone we were forced to pay
the penalty for their acts in the loss of stock,
and the Washoes never failed, from that
time until we left the Territory in 1858, to
do us damage whenever they could"
A few weeks after this occurrence, the
Washoes assembled in large numbers on
the Carson River near Mormon Station. and
sent up signal smokes in the mountains,
creating fear that the station was to be
attacked. The Eagle Valley settler mount
ed in hot haste, and rode to the assistance
Of the treatened station, but no attack was
of no ro1iaf 4
William Copeland, who was badly fright
ened, was hoaxed into firing at a dummy,
under the belief that it was redskin, and
to this day thinks that he killed
IN Indian, and thus nipped the enemy's as
,ault in the bud.
Between the years 1852 and 1857 there
we're more or less murders of both of whites
md Indians, along the line of the overland |
Dad, within what is now Nevada. We
nave been unable to get any definite infor-
nation concerning those affairs, and pass
IN to the latter year, when two men were
Tiled by Washoes on the road running
outh Of Lake Tahoe over the mountains to
California. Their names were John Nc
,1arlin and James Williams, and both were
N their way to California in charge Of sep
rate pack trains from Mormon Station.
3oth were killed by Washoes the same day,
Williams at Slifesyford Hill, where he was
'uried, and McMarlin On the summit near
y. The body of the latter was taken to
larson Valley and buried on the ranch now
wned by Mrs, Clayton. There was no
7hite survivor of the double tragedy, con-
equently none to tell of the scene that was
nacted in the shadows Of the pines up
moDg the rocks and ravines of the Sierras,
here their lfe's Journey ended.
In March, 1859, some prospectors went
yer from Honey Lake Valley to search for
old in the Black Rock country in what is
ow known as Humboldt County. Some
them had been there before, consequently
le party separated, four going in advance
the other three. They had an under
landing that they were to meet in a canyon
n Clapp Creek, where running water is to
e found during portion of the year The
reek is about twenty miles northwest of
lack Rock. The second party consisted
Peter Lassen, after whom peak in the I
Terra Nevada Mountains is named, accom-
anied by - Clapper and - Wyatt
hey had reached the month OF the canyon
p which the rendezvous had been appoint