The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
Early Day Happenings
in Humboldt County
August, 1873

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1st.-Driver on the Winnemucca
and Boise stage shot near Mundy's
/ cry on the Snake river by Indians
in the Bannock war.
Stage to Paradise Valley runs four
times a week inste ad of three, pre-
viously.
Thomas A Ed son, great inventor,
passes through Winnemucca going
west.
Indians at McDermitt.
"Silver State' says: r.. Dixon,
whose brother was killed a month ago
by the Indians in the Stein mountain
country, arrived in Winnemueca to-
day. He informs us that Indians
game into McDermitt within the last
week and are now at the post, wear
ing shirts and other clothing taken
from the ranches, whose owners were
killed by the red devils when they
raided through the Juniper Lake and
Stein mountain country, five or six
weeks ago. He says some of the
shirts owned by Hickenson, who was
killed, were homemade and easily
identified, and are now, or at least
were a few days ago, worn by tie
Indians who came to McDermitt. lie
also says that Indians were seen cross
ing the Owyh.e recently not far from
Merrill s, near where George Nc
Cutcheon, the stage driver, was killed.
Ind Chris Larke of u%nionville is
in the field for county commissioner
"Silyer Stateo says: The soldiers
who are stationed along the idano
road, north of McDermitt, report that
hostile Indians nave been seen near
the Owyhee and in Jordan valley.
Settlers are again fleeing from their
homes and the marauding and muir
derous redskins are raiding through
the country and committing more dep
relations than when they passed there
early in June.
3rd.-Case of Patrick Egan, on trial
for the murder of John Farrell on the
Little Humboldt in April, III, sub
mitted to the jury and verdict of
manslaughter is returned.
6th.-Irial of Mrs. Myra T. Black,
indicted for manslaughter, alleged TO
have been committed in the shooting
of Mrs. Margaret Hull in Paradise
Valley ION the Goth of September,
1877, begun in district court and re-
suits in acquittal OF accused.
Hostile Indians.
Sth.-"Silver State" says: J.. F.
Burns arrived in Winnemucca yester-
day direct from Stein mountain. AT
the time the Indians left the Malneur
reservation for the %warpath, Mr..
Burns had to fly with his family to
a place Of safety, leaving everything
except his wife and children and tae
horses which carried them to the set.
Elements on his ranch. He brought
his family to Winnomucca and taen
went back TO White Horse. where the
settlers from the adjacent country
kept their most ~valuallc horses, and
remained there until the hostile In
dams went north. He informs us taat
several ranch and cattle owners, he
being one of the number, recently
went to Stein mountain and Juniper
lake to see what the Indians had
done. They found the remains of
four men, namely: Old man Smith.
John Smith, his son, Tom Dixon and
Hickenson, who had been murdered
by the savages. They saw the de-
composed carcasses of a band of five
brood mares and of very many cattle
the red devils had slaughtered; also
the ruins of homes which they had
burned. He says that cattle owners
were agreeably surprised, however,
at finding so many of their cattle l.v-
ing, as they expected the Indians had
strewed the ranges with slaughtered
animals. 1t appears that they did not
care to waste their ammunition shoot
ing down becves. and only killed what
they wanted to eat. He is of the opin.
ion that there are yet hostile Indians
in the Stein mountain country, al
though his party did not see any.
A Commissioner Issue.
20th.-Six or eight brawny Para
disers, some of whom had been empsn-
eled as jurors in eases recently dis
posed of in the district court, visited