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Show 192 INDIAN DEPEEDATIONS camped there prisoners, bring them to Panguitch and hold them until I received further orders. The order was issued by General George A. Smith. Ac-cordingly I, with six men who were sent to me, and seven or eight others, marched to Pan-guitch. On approaching the Indian camp we thought it best to divide the party, so as not to ex-cite the Indians. We did so, coming in at intervals. Old Doctor Bill, one of the occupants of the camp, became very excited when I asked for their guns, and began looking around for his gun, which was found sticking in some brush, in the back end of the wigwam. At this juncture another Indian came in with his gun in his hand. Coming up to me, he pre-tended to hand it to me, but in doing so, held the gun in such a manner that he turned the muzzle towards me. I caught the gun in my left hand and hurried off on my horse. By this time James Butler, one of my men, had been shot by Doctor Bill with an ar-row in the side. The other men began firing at old Bill, severing three fingers from his hand with which he was drawing another arrow. When But-ler saw me and the Red Lake Indian scuffling he came to me with the arrow sticking in his side, and with his double barrel gun shot and killed him. I then son! John L. Butler down t"> Panguitcla after a vehicle to take James Butler, the wounded man, to town where he could have his wounds dressed. Dur-ing the absence of the Butlers, the rest of the men guarded the prisoners. We kept them for a consi-derable length of time, until we received orders from Colonel Dame to liberate them, and they were con-sequently turned loose. The following day after Ih e trouble at the camp where we arrested the In- |