We captured seventy-four horses ; many in the bunch had been stolen from miners. We also found seventeen white men's scalps which we took with us to show, so as to teach a lesson to those sceptics who believed in the innocence of the Indians. Besides the horses we found saddles, blankets, clothing, and about five hundred dollars in gold dust in buckskin purses. We destroyed everything in the shape of lodges and scalped all the men.
