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then moved to a more secure, underground cellar. In a subsequent town meeting, the settlers decided to kill the remaining prisoners. The 24 captive children, women, and men were led out of the cellar. They were struck on the back of the head to stun them then their throats slit, leaving them to bleed to death. Three children managed to escape their execution attempts, two young boys and a girl. The bodies of the executed Native families were secretly buried at night.
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told them that they had received a letter and they wanted to have it read to them. All of the
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alleging a Paiute man had feigned friendly intent but then shot and killed a militiaman stationed there. The people of
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Monson housed the boy in a tool shed. The boy befriended Peter Monson's daughter who had been disfigured by burns to her face. Peter and Bertha Monson then adopted the boy and named him David Monson. In 2016, on the 150-year anniversary of the massacre a monument was dedicated in the town park to
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