Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-02-27
s INDIANS KILLED BY POSSE
Bucks Squaws and z Children Dead
SquaW and three Children are Captured

another rifle ball passing. through the
right thigh four inches below the
buttock, coming out on the anterior
| surface OF the right thigh.
BODY NO. 3-ldentifcd as John
| b. Laxague Height 5 feet 10 inches
Weight, about l36 pounds.
The undershirt, shirt and knit
jacket were pulled over his head and
arms and extended over the head. No
other clothing remained.
t The right eye was blackened which
twas probably post mortcm. He was
: shot once. the bullet entering one
and a half inches above the right
nipple, passing diagonally through
I the chest, coming out through the
left side of the back four inches be
low the shoulder blade and two inches
from the spine, yet the entrance and
exit OF this wound had been gnawed
by the mice, making it impossible to
state positively which wound was the
entrance and which was the exit
BODY No. 4-Identified as B. In
diana. Height. feet Q inches
Weight. lS5 pounds.
The clothing remaininp on the body
consisted of an undershirt, shirt and
knit jacket and drawers, which were
pulled down around the ankles
There was no other clothing.
lie had been shot three times, twice
in the head and once through the
shoulders. One bullet entered the
point OF the chin, coming out one inch
below the left eye, another bullet en-
tcring just below the left eye, pass
ing through the brain, coming out on
the back OF the skull in the occipital
region on the right side. The left eye
was displaced from its socket by the
last named wound The lower eyclid,
the upper lip and the region between
these two was practically shot away
In the occipital region where this
first bullet made its exit the skull
was fractured for an area OF Two
inches by one inch and the lrag-
ments OF bone had fallen into the
brain, due To the tissue which held
them in place being gnawcd away by
mice. Another rifle bullet passed
through the upper part OF the chest
entering the top OF the left shoulder
and passing out through the top Of
the right shoulder.
1t was impossible to remove the
two bullets which remained in the
head on account OF the mutilatior
which it would have necessitated be
cause OF their frozen condition.
Respectfully submitted,
SIDNEY X MORRISON, NJ. ID.
Heavy Rewards Out
the capture oil the Indians.
While the rewards OF five thousand
dollars offered by the State OF Ne
vada did not specify dead or alive, II
is safe to state that dead Indian
is certainly good Indian and the re-
wards will be paid on Identification
Washoc County is out with a reward.
as is. also the cattle owners, making
altogether about eight thousand dol
lars for the dead Indian. What dis
position will be made with the cap
tured squaw and the three children
is hard to state This state Is not
in the hab, OF hanging children and
the fact that the kinsmen OF the cap
tered are listed as dead it will leave
the children on the hands OF the
state to care for
The only unfortunate termination
OF the man hunt was the killing OF
Hogle, who rendered valuable service
TO Nevada and also stuck to the posse
from its formation to the end OF the
chase and fight The Indians num-
bered five white men inside OF two
months. a pretty heavy toll for their
worthless scalps.