Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-02-13
No. 4.

In the tore part OF Dec., loOU, the Wflte
hereof, visited the Pyramid Lake Indian
, Reservation, with view of getting the Pch
Ltez to give their version of troubles be
tween themselves and the whites IN 1860
The talk with them-through an interprete
named George Quip, Pah- Ute that speak
the English language fiuentiy-lasted three
days. They had been assured by myself ane
the acting Indian agent Major W. e.. Il
Wassen, that nothing revealed by them O.
their acts or movements during the wal
should be used to their disadvantage. THAI
if any of them told of their own Or others
encounters, resulting in the death of any
whites, their names would not be mentioned
in the account to be written of it. With
these assurances they gave a detailed his
tory of the whole affair
| 1t WAS strange assemblage, Of those old
| braves, each narrating what he had done,
and seen, of that bloody record of 1860
Each Indian would recount his own expert
ence, and observation: but when asked con-
cerning anything beyond that, would say:
me no see 'um mebe tell you bout
that; and the party designated would be
sent for, if not present, and the story would
go Oh. On the third day we rode over the
battlefield and trail from Pyramid Lake
to Wadsworth; distance of eighteen miles,
accompanied by some of them. As we
came to a place, where a white man had
been killed. or some special event, worthy
of note had transpired; they would stop;
and, in their peculiarly SOW, dreamy way,
would tell the event, or describe the death
struggle Their speech was accompanied
by gesticulations, and movements of :he
body, conveying to the locker on, a knowl
edge Of what had transpired there in all its
tragic detail, before the interpreter had
events, that before had remained a secret
between the slayer and his dead, were re-
vealed.
Ia the latter part Of April 1860, the PaA-
Utes congregated at Pyramid Lake, from
all over their extensive territory, for the
purpose of holding a council. The object
of the gathering was, to decide what they
should do, in view of the fact, that. the
whites were rapidly encroaching upon their
lands; killing their game; and cutting
down their orchards x By the first of May
they were nearly all in at the rendezvous.
There was a She hone chief there with his
band who had married Poh- Ute squaw; he
was for war; and his Indian name was QU-
DA-zoBo-EAr. A few years later he was
killed near Battle Mountain, by members
of his own tribe, after his return from
raid into Paradise Valley. They killed him
because he was all the time making trouble |
for them, by stealing stock frem the whites
There was chief from Powder River with |
his followers there, who was also for war.
His name was sA-wA DA- EE-co, he was a
half Bann0ch and half Pah Jje, and was
killed by the whites some two years later.
WA-HE, brother of old Winnemucca, was
ierce for the conflict. He was afterwards
killed, by the Poh- Lte5 at Walker river,
which more extended account
S given, elsewhere. SA-ABA, CHIEF Of the
smoke Greek indians, was for war. He was
brother-in-law of old WinGe-mucca, and
vas killed latter by one of his own tribe,
Who he was proposingto ''Ho do or bewitch.
No-Jo-MUD, chief of the Honey Lake band.
vas for war. Some years later he was killed
~ his followers, who had become afraid of
lin, because of his continued active hostil
ty to the whites; fearing that it weuld bring
disaster upon them. HozIA, another
Honey Lake leader, who was afterwards
,illed by Capt. Dick, their present chief,
vas also for war YUR-DY, known as Joa-
uin by the whites, was for war. His band
anged in the vicinity of the big bend of
# the Carson River, and south toward
Jason Valley. He is now dead, HA-zA-
OK, big medicine, and chief at Antelope
ALLEY, now living, was for war. He pro-
to supply the warriors with bull
cts, by changing their tobacco into lead; to
ause the ground to open and swallow the /
whites; and to kill them with fierce storms
f hail
SE-oU1N-A-TA, a chief from the Black Rock I
ountry, was impatient for the strife to be-
lin. He now lives at the Reservation, is
title man, and is known as Chiquito