White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-27
SALT LAKE, INSULTS MEMORY
OF PONY EXPRESS RIDERS

t,own Abbott was shot hrst
| through one leg and then through
tho other and finally in the breasi.
deaf Bil!y's thumb was shot on as
he pointed it upward while grlpplhs
the lines. The dead mans rifle ieii
under the wagon wheel, which pass
ed oyer 1t and bent the barrel. inc
team started to run away n ebDot.
fell out, his rifle with him. He grab
bed the wrong rifle from the grouno
and fired II, the bent barrel nearly
causing him to be killed. Then he
seized his own rife and being a n
shot he opened on the Indians, he
made them take to the hills. IL Is
not known that he killed or wounded
any of them, but their flight indi-
Gates that he did. The Indians mad
muzzle-loading rifles, so he had IL
over them by dis being n breech-
loader. and besides his had so much
greater range that he mad them
keep ava so far that they could
not shoot effectively.
In spite of his thumb being torn
on Deaf Billy hung onto the lines ana
was able to stop the team within 4
short distance. heading them back 10
where Abbott was still raining ms
bullets on the fleeing redmen. when
the team came back Abbott, In spite
of his three desperate wounds, gath
cred up the body of his dead CON-
rade. placed 1t in the wagon and the
horses were given the reins to go
over the hill as fast as they could
The Indians fired at them. wounding
one of the horses in that stage OF the
contest.
The approximate scene of hat bat
tie is in a narrow place In the little
canyon on the southwest side OF the
Deep creek summit.
Going over to the station, which
was not to exceed ~one-fourth of a
mile from the battle-ground, 1t proved
that the station was on fire and that
the station keeper and hostler mad
been killed by other Indians Of the
same band. The station keeper had
been shot dead in his tracks and the
hostler tried TO take TO the hills
south OF there. lie was shot down
after he had gone about 200 Yards.
For a afterward this wa
known as Burnt station. Its site may
be seen by following the road that
leads from the Deep creek summit
easterly down toward Overland can-
49,. e,asa,I - faI4pU tho hfwh ~ Il
north to go 10 Gold Hill. The sta
ton site is on the side OF a wide lat,
sloping east, not a quarter of a nile
from the Deep creek summit.
Ira Abbott was taken back to Fort
RUBY from Deep creek as soon Is
he could stand the ride. In about
six months he recovered from all his
wounds and was in Robinson canyon
now Ely, for several years. Being 3
civil war volunteer on duty and in
the service in this fight he was pen
stoned after the war, drawing sew
eral hundred dollars back nay when
the pension was granted. When he
died he was buried In what Is nov
the Ely cemetery and Judge MELON
aid it was who buried him
In addition TO these n pom express
rider was killed by Indians In Rubs
valley
AT Deep creek Mr.. Sheridan was
asked To show where the old trail
passed his place.
Right here" he said. You're
standing in the old trail now.
This was in the road passing be-
tween his house and store. closer 10
the latter.
1t runs under that garage. con-
tipued Mr.. Sheridan. Come. I'll
show you the old trail
lie led the way through a gate TO
the opposite side OF the garage and
showed a slight depression in the
surface Ct the sod coming out from
the southwest corner of the building
and continuing southwesterly.
See that old bridge" he said.
pointing southwesterly to whore n
bridge crossed the creek about 400
yards away THAT is where the old
trail went"
II passed through The center OF
the valley in what o is a string OF
fields and for about fifteen miles n
west by from one to three miles
from the Lincoln highway. At n
or two places where II interseets tho
highway on the way TO Tiprett /,
may be plainly seen.