Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-03-02
indian BAND
OF MURDERERS
EXTERMINATED

Late Sunday afternoon, the posse
that has been trailing the band of
renegade shoshone indians who so
fouly murdered the four Washoe
County sheepmen, Harry Cambron,
Pete Erramauspe, John b. Lexague
ad b. indiana, came upon them at
the Kelley Creek ranch and eight of
the indians were killed and one men
ber of the posse, Ed. Hogle of Eag-
leville, Cal.
Fittingly and fearfully, says the
Humboldt Star was the fiendish
crime OF the indians avenged. or
its twelve members only four esca-
ped. one young mahala about 16
years old, and three papooses. The
leader of the band, the old warrior
Indian Mike, three young bucks.
two squaws and two children were
killed, eight in all, two lives for
ecah one taken by the indians.
The pursuers, "a detachment of the
State Police under command of Cap
tain Donnelly, and the posse from
Eagle Vile, headed by Sheriff Smith
I of Modoc County Cal. and Ben Cam
bron, brother of one of the mruder-
ed sheepmen, after following on
hot trail since early morning, over
took them shortly afternoon at
point in Glover valley, about eight
| mill ,c t1,pf se, L. b.,
! Kelley Greek ranch. The indians
were overtaken trying to reach the
mountains on the east side. Being
practically without cover they had tt
battle in the open or surrender. Con
trary to the indian tradition, they
chose TO exchange shot for shot with
the avengers, who were all too will
ing for such climax and the
bloody Lattle commenced.
The battle has been described as
having been running fight lasting
three hours an covering over a mile
of country. When the Indians saw
the approaching posse the four bra
yes astonished their -pursuers by stop
ing and engaging in the tribal war
dance. This continued until the ad-
vance garud of the posse had ridden
up to within hailing distance, when
the summons to surrender was an
swered by cries OF derision and de-
fiance and the Indian braves and
suuaw5 and children scattered into
the brush an opened the battle
which was to terminate in what
was little short of a massacre.
'2ndian Mike" fell fatally wound
ed early in the fight. but the loss OF
their leader only spurred his follow
ers 10 more desperate efforts. Rea-
lizing that it was a battle to the
! death, none intimated by voice or ge
l ture the slightest desire to surren-
der Answering shot for shot, the
II indians fell back slowly, falling one
by one before the whitening fusill-
adc from the rifles of the posse.
The indians fought like deamOns
the squaws taking part and selling
their lives no less dearly than the
braves In the last stand they used
every available weapon of offence
bows ond arrows and tomahawks be-
ing resorted when the ammunition
for their rifles became exhausted.
Thus the bloody battle continued
+, until none of the indians remained
alive but three papooses and the
young girl, who was found in the
: brush near where the fight began
!, The sqauws were shot down with as
little compuction as the braves, as
the women fought throughout the
battle no less fiercely than the men,
but the killing of the two children
was accidental and could not be "a
voided.
The battle was the elimination of
I, pursuit of the indian murderers
which began at Eagleville, Cal, on
}, February 18th, the trail having been
followed for two weeks over the
snow-covered plains and mountains
, of northern Nevada across Washoe
! county and nearly across this coun-
: ty, the quarry having been run down.
only a few miles from the Elko
county line.
, Last Thursday the posse reached
Toll House, twelve miles north OF
, Winnemucca. The Indians had been
trailed to within a few miles of that
/ point, where the trail was lost. AS
the route being taken by the Indians
CONTINUED on page y