▁Creek , ▁together ▁with ▁his ▁two ▁Ab original ▁employees , ▁Joe ▁W yn ne ▁and ▁Ni pper , ▁shot ▁dead ▁twelve ▁K ija ▁people ▁at ▁M ist ake ▁Creek ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁Kim ber ley . ▁They ▁initially ▁r ushed ▁an ▁Ab original ▁camp ▁killing ▁six ▁men , ▁burning ▁their ▁remains . ▁Six ▁women ▁were ▁later ▁rounded ▁up ▁and ▁shot ▁dead . ▁A ▁police ▁squad ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁track ▁down ▁and ▁capture ▁R hat igan ▁and ▁his ▁accomp lices . ▁R hat igan ▁and ▁Ni pper ▁were ▁arrested ▁while ▁W yn ne ▁was ▁shot ▁dead ▁by ▁police . ▁A ▁coron er ' s ▁in quest ▁held ▁at ▁Turkey ▁Creek ▁acqu itted ▁R hat igan ▁of ▁any ▁wrong do ing , ▁while ▁Ni pper ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁face ▁trial ▁for ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁eight ▁people . ▁Ni pper ▁was ▁found ▁not ▁guilty ▁and ▁was ▁released . ▁He ▁later ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁police ▁st ables ▁in ▁Per th . ▁According ▁to ▁local ▁Ab original ▁or al ▁history , ▁the ▁mass acre ▁was ▁in ▁repr is al ▁for ▁the ▁killing ▁of ▁R hat igan ' s ▁cow ; ▁the ▁cow ▁was ▁later ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁alive ▁after ▁the ▁mass acre ▁had ▁already ▁taken ▁place . ▁M embers ▁of ▁the ▁G ija ▁people , ▁from ▁the ▁W arm un ▁( T ur key ▁Creek ) ▁community ▁have ▁dep icted ▁the ▁mass acre ▁in ▁their ▁art works . ▁Michael ▁R hat igan ▁remained ▁a ▁te legraph ▁lines man ▁at ▁Turkey ▁Creek ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁