The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-01

Writing from StocIltou. IliIl, Ari
2una Ter. under daft. oi May -. u
correspondent nf tine Detroit I'rc.
Press says: AZ this camp is oil IRON
the railroad ! think it no, unlikely
that You hnve failed To lr}, ui u
Tragedy enacted here, The camp i.
situated on Il hill, sai, hill bcius on,
OF the ramiiiation> nj tine t..bat
Range. nu one side "f the hill n snlnl.
band oi llaulapai Indian, had pl' ny
ri.h' or ten wlckiups ;tii'l wcr" "nlov,
ing iIl", ili-rtv and ei'irsunt nj hap,
plnr>s To h" top ol tlicir bent, b,l' all
tl,a' wn> changed.
The sheriff oi the county has from
time to time employed a IIallapai
manned Peas, rs u detective To irrrct
out places wlrrc whisky Wa sold tc
the Indians. The I'aulap:,iS resented
this and Ioul;.d upon hlnl ns :, near
iniorlner. Az ii being li"l'i in contempt
hy his trih" were not enough, II nohl.
buck actual Y >,l'ppIanivc Him in the
affections oi Ii. 'irl-Hy l;lmS'l whom
he had confidently " rxlccted would
alorn The interior uf his own wickllp
make his coffee and torte;t, collect
granma and sIeti;r grass for his l,onv
and otherwise employ herself for the
benefit O! his po''k,ibook, for although
an Indian, he did have IL pocketbo"k
and $50 in it. Now Peas was sorne
whn; OF II dude and spurted short hai,
and Il straw hat. When the dear crca-
L., l.. L..
quick, and TO liealni wounded feelings
he s,raightway stole the best pony
around here, borrowed II i5culiiet
Winchester and ut about I! 4. NJ,
Thursday, lie rude u little past the In
dian canp and b."'tn shoutin. at
mark. So much shooting attracted
the attention OF the miners, as he
knew he would. but when they had
satisfied themselves "it was only an
Indian shootin ut II mark" and had
gone back to their mines, he rode
ee, threw his gun across the saudte
and opened fire.
Alter Shootin two bucks and tour
s4uaws, he mounted his pony, ram it
down the hill and got away with a
whole skin. Some "i the miners who
had heard he firing. and had seen the
celebrity with which lie !ecanipel, to-
gcthrr Will he bucks whom he firing
had attracted went over to the In
diam camp. The bucks all hrta Win
cllcstcrs and the miners came with six
shooters and rifles. Not one OF those
who were shot uttered II whimper.
One OF them was II girl OF about seven
teen years. The sluaws who wereun-
injured made II g"e;tt lamcntHtion.
The bucks did IL tremendous amount
of fast talking and shortly several OF
them mounted, some TO take he trail
and some ,o notify heir chci and the
o, her bands. Oi the siN Indians shot
the two bucks AMI two Suuaw> are
dead. AS fast us one died thclrcorpse
was taken oil 10 one side and ere
mated, and the wickiup i'll which the
body had lain WAS burned. Oi the
two living thcgir is the only one likely
to recover. The wickiups were all
burned, and IL report came in TO the
effect that Peas body had been found
Latter the Indians achnow!cd ,ed that
they surrounded Peas Wallapai
Mountains; that he had made 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 ut Mineral
Park but tailed. The squaw ol one OF
the old bucks WAS also Il sister and
they tried TO kill her, but she ran into
the 81 ore on the hill and the propri-
cl or protected her. The miners then
gave notice that ii one ofthose suuaws
were killed lie whites would turn out
and hang every !ast buck.