The Imperial press., 1904-06-25


 mad. aud thai hv thr chief knew It uu utbct onrucv tue Indians had niVcn ,aid Glaniun. that uud day Olautun sent hts mvu down auv had thc Indian lrat .lr~trov,d. amt tuuk uu American whom they .thc ludmusl had with them ,reaut-i iu working their buat, up to hi- .GAutuu'-' camp. with all sad Amrtlt.tus money, and tltAt Glautun hai ~but ~a.d American aud thrown lim iutu thv river Tue chirt sat- that hr tuvu went up iu src Giantun, and mad au offer that GlAutuu should ctu~s al. lhr mru aud haEgagr, while tho cuJ,.i -huuld cus~~ the animals uf the rmi.raut-, airi thu- they wuuld get along quietly. WhcruIpu Glautuu kiyN,ti him uut ut the house. Hud beat hiu over thc head with stick: the r.ici >Aid hr Wuu.d have hit him back, hit WAs airti,i. a- the Americans Could sanpt tor straight. Ths was before Gluuiuu went e. san prgu. accurliu. to thc Chiefs statement, for the pur- i,,,>, ui purchasing whisky and pruNis. inu- Thc chief >aid tDat hr immediate lv. ou revolving thi- insult. went huck and h..li council uf hts people. The result was determination tn kill all ths. Americans at tue ferry, aui aurthcr chief WAs -s'ut up Co see the position ui tat. Americans, who found that tilAutUu was Guuc tn San Diego. Ther then dr- tyruiurj ia wait until hr returned. a- their main object. the chief said was to k,ll Ghutnu. The chief who had been -,.ut up a- just stated, went up after Waui- from day to day, L" the American camp. and finally one day came back witn the report that Glaut"n had re- turned. Then the chief who had Dccn ls.iory iu~uitcl went up, and found Glautuu and hi- men drinking: they gave IIm something to drink, and also h.- dinner After dinner, five ol the Americans iail dawn and went to sleep iu hut, leylus him sitting there; others were frrTyiug, aud were ou the opposite side; three had gone up on this ~i,lr for some purpose. The chief said he watchcb till hc thought the five were asleep, when he went out to his people uu thjs side, who we're all hid tn tue dushe- inst below the houses A por- ton oi ths.m tIc sent up after the three Americans who were up cutting poles, Ju-truciiug his mru to get possession of tlcir arms: he had previously posted .Ol udgaus ou the other side, instructed tp mix among the Ameticaus and Mex jeans, and get into the luat without suspicion. H. himself then went up ou ghc little mound rcrhas- as higIi as his hcEl, but commanding a view oi all his IudiAm-. aud the whole scene 1; from this mound h~ was to give the signal. There hc was e. b-ckuu tu those lad in the. bu hse- tp come near tue Americans tents. which they were immediately to enter aud give yell a- they klllvl the Amersvau-. Wl5eTeutr,u ie was e. pive the sign with a p"lc having a scar on 10 thv Indians on the other -id.. as well a- those w ho were watching the three atDre. He gave the signal, when tho-e lu tue hoat aud at the huusc- were all killed The Indians who hai been sent after tue three Americans ran. and these t!ircs succeeded iu getting into little -klff aud cscaYei hy z ing down the river. His men pur-uel Du the -hor'. on i.uth sides. but several were killed by ii.e Americans, aud many wouude,i. iie showed us two pi tn wounded. and when asked it ''a- many a. ten" of the tr.h.- w"re kii'e.l. hr said. More" H.. -ait one pi the Americans would row, while the others fired. and hi- people he-itatvd tO pursue further. When the chi.f went up to se. Glauton, a. above stated abpu; the ferry, Glauton said ilat hc would kill one Indian far every