The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-22
MOUSE THE RENEGADE.
After a Long Hunt He is Cornered
and Prefers Death to Capture.

Editor Phoebe Record.
Dear Sir.
On the morning Of July 9TH the
squaw of Indian Joe Mason, visited
her garden, and discovered a cab
bage head gone, on looking around
discovered an Indians track. She
at once reported TO her lord and
master who on inspection decided it
was the Indian Mouse's track. On
| this being known J. S. Huntsman,
J. Crawford and Joseph Levett,
with several indians started on the
trail which went from bush to bush
and from rock to rock till mile
from the Muddy Valley and from
there he did not try to hide his tracks.
Said parties followed the trail three
or four miles, and then returned
home. Ward was brought TO ms
that night that they were satisfied
thut Mouse was the one wanted by
many in this part of the country.
On the morning of the 9th. start
ed some more Indians out with the
party that was out the day before,
which trailed the Indian among the
hills about II miles to point about
west of st Thomas where they found
a we'll of pure clear water, at which
place it looked as if he had camped
for some time. After satisfying them
selves that he was in their region
they returned to Overton that night.
Next morning the 7th | called n
meeting of the citizens at 8 A. NJ. at
which it was decided to take the
trail and follow it until Mouse was
captured killed or driven out Of the
country. A company was organic
ed consisting of J. S. Huntsman,
ID. j Cox, w. A. Perkins, S. A.
Angle, Joseph Cooper, VIM. Cooper
and six Indians who started out that
afternoon and went to where they
left the track the evening before,
where they camped for the night.
Next morning they went to the
well for water and again took the
track which they followed about 20
miles through wild, rough and
almost impossible country, camping
on the trail, with the exception Of
three indians who continued on the
trail that night to the upper Muddy.
Provisions were sent on from time
to time as needed and as | could
get the word When they started
on the trail from the Muddy %
more indians joined in the chase
who trailed Mouse to the Kane
Springs in Meadow Valley Wash.
Then Mouse turned back for the
Muddy Springs, and on the morn
ing of the 18th. they hove in sight
of him mile away about 1870 A. Nj.
So the Indians in the company ran
ahead and up to hailing distance
and called on Mouse to stop and
surrender the third time If he did
not stop they would shoot him His
reply was shoot S. B, and
fred at his pursuers at the same
time, which shot was answered by
one from the Indians and from that
on it was running fight for nearly
an hour when Mouse was killed he
shooting five times. His body was
taken into Moapa when word was
sent to me at Overton. The carrier
arriving at 2 A. M. on the 18th.
when took a number of people to
Moapa to have Mouse identified.
There were II white people who
identified the dead Indian as Mouse
all the Indians 30 or more say it is
Mouse.
Mouse has with him the gun he
stole from Dave Indian with which
he killed Stems and David last Jan
uary also white handled pistol
which George Perkins recognizes as
belonging to David who was killed
which have in my possession and
subject to an order from Davis or
relatives.
1t would be a good time now for
sheriff HI. e. Prudential to pay to
the Indians and company the $3.50.
that report says he promised for
Mouse's capture also good time for
the County Commissioners of this
County to reward the company for
the hard time they had in capturing
Mouse.
THOMAS j. JONES.