Early settlers in the area also claimed to have found Native American graves and other objects.
Also, the settlers claimed the number of surviving women and children to be much fewer than what Conners claimed.
Some settler claimed his stock was stolen, and that the Apaches had done it.
The settlers claimed appropriative rights after the reservation had been established, but before the tribe began to use the water.
Throughout the 1850s, more settlers, mainly Scottish immigrants, claimed lots and began to clear the land.
These settlers claimed that Indians often raided their homes, killing men, women and children.
"And the settlers claim they don't use the land for anything at all."
Salmon migrations were so huge that early settlers claimed they could hear the fish moving upstream.
Several hundred were swept downstream, and the settlers eagerly claimed those animals that refused to attempt the crossing.
During the 1850s, tensions were very high between the native populations and the new settlers claiming the land as their own.