In December 1865, Captain Conrad and Captain Sou^[1] tracked Black Rock Tom to Fish Creek (present day Battle Creek Ranch) and in the resulting battle killed forty of Tom's band with only three survivors.^[2] See Wheeler's Nevada's Black Rock Desert for a detailed description of the battle.

Captain Sou was wounded and never fully recovered. His wife Susie, died in 1888.t

References

↑ "Old Cap Susie dead," The Pacific Bee, Sacramento, p. 5, March 1, 1888.
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[1] "Old Cap Susie dead," The Pacific Bee, Sacramento, p. 5, March 1, 1888.

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