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maseacred the Genies family. I stood and wetched them.butbher smell child-
ren unable to f6 them tiny .aid wnat ever. I soon sew while the .‘ndlems were
SD intrested in thtr spoils and mutilating the families that could
escape to to and let the people of6-ilver eity come to the ecene.i rode
to town use fare es pcsrible„where the peo,le formed 4 rescue perty, but
all to lete we arrived back ot the scene „as all of the peoeie are
dead some were scalped pothers were bedi burned over th, fire while some
of the chiodren were hung on meet haoks.This part of the work w E aiw*lits
left up to the s-uaws to do, which it seemed they took grcut delight, -2Jod
tried to see who could be the most cruel.Aa followed the Indians over into
the i.bres country, but mere unable to ever overtake them, but as i ng
es we feleowed them we founda trail of bloodeOver on the river we
found where they had gone into e small hut and killed an eatire
family and „laced one membeLof the famaiystht wasn't ae.d froth tlie
attact, ogn the stove to burn they had held ii by some means on the
stove ehtil he died, and then left hidi there to .ear.fills one illustration
of their cruelty 71z.;sn't unusual.
I w,is never able to be in P conflict with the Indi—ns no matter hoe
how badly I wanted to Illissee of tlem dad 4" still hate them for I fehl
that some of their parents were the one that killed my fother.I h va had
to hide several tines from as feny us twentyfive to a handred Indians
for I alys knew that g" woeld est killed if any of tnem were to see
ma es I -vcit always alone 1•1 the renge when I sa, them.I can seek
a nuelber of Indians dialect, but I learned them for commercial p r oses
rather than for ay desire to esbciat with the Indiane.
I was at one time the courier for tills district. 4 have received
twenty dollers more than once to o fro ie Silver City to the sleek mill
a distance of ei4;nteen miles.; would leave town after dark on e cealany
horse to ti -le mill with letter. ke up who ever the letter
addressed to end get their answer and return to town. I did ell ei
treve•
ht asthe Indians diante
after darktas they were rather suportstitious about fightin after sundown.
have in my collection out tit the ranch a number of intrting
relics which I intend to (Lnate to the state lathe near future.