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the reservation until lost among the rocks.
Avaran Barrera, after being shot, was beaten
about the head with an axe taken from the
wagon and which was found near the body cov-
ered with blood. Manuel Barrera owes his
escape to having dropped a glove which he had
turned back to look for. He heard the shots but
supposed it to be somebody shooting at game
or for amusement coming down the canon.
When he came in sight one Indian was on top
of the wagon looking for what he could steal.
The Indian on top of the wagon immediately
fired at him, the others then fired from the
brush. He was so terrified that after dismount-
ing he threw away nearly all his clothing in-
cluding boots and hat and in this way ran to the
houses below. The murder was one of pure
wantonness, there being no arms or anything
else in possession of the victims to tempt the
cupidity of these monsters. The question occurs
to us, of what use are U. S. troops at ornamental
barracks of the interior states? Could they be
of more service on this frontier? They might
at least do picket duty around the reservation
and let citizens know when the fiends were
going out for a raid, if they could not intercept
them.