. ▁The ▁she e pher der , ▁Carl ▁Brown , ▁attempted ▁to ▁stop ▁the ▁cow bo ys ▁from ▁killing ▁the ▁f lock ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁his ▁hip . ▁When ▁a ▁pos se ▁from ▁Par ach ute , ▁Colorado ▁rode ▁out ▁to ▁the ▁scene , ▁they ▁found ▁the ▁wounded ▁Brown ▁and ▁a ▁" mass ▁of ▁dead ▁sheep ▁at ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 - foot ▁bl uff ." ▁The ▁Craig ▁Cou rier ▁reported ▁the ▁following ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 8 9 4 ; ▁" The ▁own ers ▁[ of ▁the ▁sheep ] ▁are ▁residents ▁of ▁Par ach ute ▁with ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁adjacent ▁range ▁and ▁the ▁pos se ▁made ▁a ▁fut ile ▁race ▁to ▁app reh end ▁the ▁ra iders . ▁John ▁Miller ▁owned ▁sevent een ▁hundred ▁of ▁the ▁sheep ▁and ▁Charles ▁Brown , ▁uncle ▁of ▁the ▁wounded ▁man , ▁twenty - one ▁hundred ." ▁About ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁more ▁sheep ▁were ▁mass ac red ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁county . ▁According ▁to ▁Jack ▁Edwards ▁of ▁Wy oming , ▁in ▁late ▁June ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁she e ph erd ers ▁were ▁killed ▁by ▁Colorado ▁cow bo ys ▁and ▁ 3 0 0 ▁of ▁his ▁her d ▁was ▁mass ac red . ▁Upon ▁learning ▁of ▁the ▁ra id , ▁Edwards ▁head ed ▁towards ▁the ▁scene ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁intercept ed ▁by ▁a ▁" party ▁of ▁mask ed ▁men ," ▁who ▁ordered ▁him ▁to