Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-25
An Indians Revenge.

Writing from Stockton, Hill, Ari.
IONA Ter, under date of May 81, a
correspondent OF the Detroit Free
Press says: AS this camp is off from
the railroad I think it not unlikely
that you have failed to hear of q
tragedy enacted here. The camp is
situated on hill, said hill being one
of the ramifcations of the Cerbat
Range. On one side OF the hill q small
band Of Haulapai Indians had put up
eight or ten wickiups and were enjoy.
ing life, liberty and the pursuit OF hap
piness to the top OF their bent, but all
that was changed.
The sheriff Of the county has from
time to time employed Haulapai,
named Peas, as a detective to ferret
out places where whisky was sold to
the Indians. The Haulapais resented
this and looked upon him as Il mean
informer. AS if being held in contempt
by his tribe were not enough, a noble
buck actually supplanted him in the
affections Of the dusky damsel whom
he had confidently expected would
adorn the interior of his own wicliup,
make his coffee and tortea, collect
gramma and gietta grass for his pony
and otherwise employ herself for the
benefit of his pocketbook, for although
an Indian, he did have q pocketbook
and $50 in it. Now Peas was some.
what of a dude and sported short hair
and a straw hat. When the dear crea-
ture threw him over it cut him to the
quick, and to heal his wounded feelings
he straightway stole the best pony
around here, borrowed a 45-caliber
Winchester and at about A. NJ,
Thursday, he rode little past the In
dian camp and began shooting at a
mark. So much shooting attracted
the attention OF the miners, as he
knew he would, but when they had
satisfied themselves at was only an
Indian shooting at a mark" and had
gone back to their mines, he rode
down to the Indian camp, dismount-
ee, threw his gun across the saddle
and opened fire.
After shooting two bucks and four
squaws, he mounted his pony, ran it
down the hill and got away with a
whole skin, Some of the miners who
had heard the firing, and had seen the
celebrity with which he decamped, to-
gether with the bucks whom the firing
had attracted, went over to the In
diam camp The bucks all had Win
chesters and the miners came with six
shooters and rifles Not one of those
who were shot uttered @, whimper.
One of them was a girl OF about seven
teen years. The squaws who were un-
injured made a great lamentation.
The bucks did tremendous amount
of fast talking and shortly several Of
them mounted, some to take thetrail
and some to notify their chief and the
other bands. OF the six Indians shot
the two bucks and two squaws are
dead. AS fast as one died their corpse
was taken off to one side and Gre
mated, and the wickiup in which the
body had lain was burned. G OF the
two living the girl is the only one likely
to recover. The wickiups were all
burned, and q report came in to the
effect that Peas body had been found.
Later the Indians acknowled ged that
they surrounded Peas IN the Wallapai
Mountains; that he had made q good
fight, and that he is dead.
The next thing on the programme
was to kill all of Peas'relatives- They
tried to kill one OF his sisters at Mineral
Park but failed. The squaw of one OF
the old bucks was also q sister and
they tried to kill her, but she ran into
the store on the hill and the propri-
.etor protected her. The miners then
gave notice that il one Of those squaws
were killed the whites would turn out
and hang every last buck