Show more indian the following ing letter m was its published in ill lie 01 3 ilea Ata avalanche lanche of the he oya OH the ath dinst about 10 0 clock A st 1 the humboldt stage a on its wa way to aluf inginia ginia u when lien m within i thin four in miles fl esl ofle of the 3 he 1 ferry em was ma 9 attacked by indians thue acio a 10 SM six persons onboard inboard wash driver driler jas mcrae ace ie guard and four passengers named J rolland holland P casey D harlington hanington and W wilcox they ed did not suspect danger near when ben they were NN ere fired into by a party of In indians diani who lay concealed anion among the locks 11 and d behind a fortification which they lind had erected so as to completely ccleen the themselves insch es from the sight of those inthe in the tho stage tage wash put liis his favorite mustangs down to their est speed and m would him a succeeded in reaching the ferry NN without more mora injury thin than m what hat was cAlli caused sed by the first volley but was mas another party 11 tl 0 of f indians on oil horseback further along xa 0 1 11 t shooting at thera then and striving to head them off and surround them ni while bile the party that ali first bt fired at them mei e coining up ill behind with steady rien nen a wash kiash ran his horses hones while MeXie fought the red do devils als and keeping them tit nt bay lor for a ditan distance a of two miles until one of the wheel beel N horses was 11 shot dead and two badly w this of course stopped the stage when the fint volley olley was filed wilcox who was sitting on oil the fiant seat inside the coach received his death wound by a bullet which entered his bica Ancar the right fight nipple and passing assing out nt at his back also striking wash in the side inflicting ft alight tho though u rather filhe y painful I 1 N wound oh my god im killed and ilia liis head bem on oer a r and i as ted on barrull tons knee m where here lie bica thed ills ids lil laist IT harington n bigton m was as shot bot in the left hip bip the bullet ballet i langing up and passing on out t at his side going through mine six inches of muscle a bad flebbe wound mound but it is not dangerous when the horsa lead dead the boys unhitched the other one of them retting getting away from them they then started tor C or the ferry about tm ci miles mile distant bb tant lea leaming ing wilcox lead dead in the stage together with math the mail baggage etc to tho the indians seemed determined to prevent their escape and continued shooting tit nt them but hanington with cicat diffley difficulty t Y hobbled along and they reached chefe the 1 ferry 17 y about 12 completely out ont F four 1 of us ils from the station with sergeant Sei Sel geant blom biown n and eleven men ni who ho me aie stationed hole heie immediately hastened to the scene of action but the red devils had completed their work vo rk and escaped they dragged wilcox from the stage tage stripped scalded scalped ed him and cut his healt out also taking with them the blan blankets jets etc belonging fo to the passengers passenger and cutting the mail sack md and scattering the letters etc a among moll ilia sago sage brush we took the body of wilcox wile ox down to the forry it wm was decently interred by the ncr side harrington is hero here and his N wound is doing well his fellow passenger holland is bet alicio a also taking caro of him it is a fact to bo be lamented that the gars ifft amiul the they z ajl concur in bestowing cicat naoh i the iho driver and ld guard by y whose ples elice cc of mind and unflinching braver the remaining renu ining lues lies of al nil I 1 the ho pirty party m cie in all 1111 probability saved the stage sligo is jill right and the indefatigable Ce charliey arliey Bai baiar nr division divi hion agent is here tonight to night with a now new lot of S and tc p plenty aly of barley ile he lim has men armed aimed to the teeth it with mith tho stage to so that notwithstanding st the tio trouble uble fall can consider thenis oIN ea a ia safe is as tit at any time time during the season heason W A J aini otheo bem fem farr nov NON 9 comit alio st state te of belada ila lias brict an camalo to bo be fol followed lomed by othora others in tho the elloit to pies elit nuha V it faiia of resources 01 blut state governor blaisdel Bl isdel elde de dryes nuth credit for the ifft des i t ho 10 1 has s taken to gio publicity to tho the vast juices of nevada 1 to well ell as tb the all arrangement cli I 1 ent made to facilitate the transportation of the bunc 0 ONI nelll ap again ai aio a N a plated under obligations to that OM nig and enterprising period periodical iud geas armik drake or of Atis thi nevada if clial ho be sends us lis is in n simple 4 of tho the hind of told at his hib place of business we no our friends in fix austin in being behig so fo signally blessed AS AR tho ilia WWI tf r noto notorious liolis person berbon w is supposed to take LILO daring daling the pi aeilt mont pion fl wo re way may look foni 1 its as all of our 1 leaders calely naturally ni fill ill to tho the that pi which seems to have puzzler politicians ians at washington ns to what should bo 0 done with mith jeff dini davis alti II if tho the following ir ir tho me contell of a lett letter 4 P 0 I 1 1 a ill street ranch NOT 1110 21 60 mitter sir ou anro Reque requester to axi send dack my alter an ami clinin forth with or I 1 come haj lerow ow |