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108 hammer the shell. they had the shell between them one took the file and was fileing away at the plug in the shell. the squaws was calling at them to quit all the time they said it was dead no danger in it. one of the fellows hit the shell a hard blow with the ax the shell exploded. all the Indians ever recoverd of the to young braves was their heads and one foot both heads was brought to Gilliams camp by some of the soldier Boys. they had a hard time trying too make Toby Riddle. and the writer bleave. that the two Indian heads was Scarface Charleys and Bogus Charleys heads. Toby told the soldiers that the two heads was Boys heads ofcourse they could do good fighting when alive the last hard battle the Indians fought in their fortified caves was on the nineth 9th of may 1873. they all lost courage on that day in the after noon. the Indians had contested every inch of ground that fore noon with the soldier boys. the boys was closeing in on the Indians from all sides, the reds was hard pressed all day. they knew they would not be able to stand the Boys in blue much longer their ammuinication was allmost exhustated. Scarface Charley sent a runner to each and every man the runner came back to Scarface Charley reported that no one had been killd or even wounded since the two Boys was killd