About 12 o’clock two men came from Buffalo and joined the mob; one of the men was Phil Du Friend and the other, I understood was George Sutherland. The men brought considerable news from Buffalo to the mob. The mob claimed the cause of their being obliged to fortify at the TA ranch was on account of the sheriff and deputies not having been killed, according to arrangements. They claimed that if the sheriff and deputies had been killed that there would not have been any officers to swear in a posse of men as deputy sheriffs for the purpose of arresting the mob, and that the settlers would not have taken the responsibility upon themselves of turning out and fighting the mob. On the other hand, the leaders claimed that if the sheriff and deputies had been killed according to arrangements made by the leaders of the mob, that their friends would have joined them when we came to Buffalo, and that the expedition would have been a success instead of a possible failure. These matters were talked over by the leaders, Du Friend and the other man from Buffalo. The leaders explained to Du Friend and the other man that we would be obliged to fortify and remain at the TA ranch until Governor Barber, Senators Carey and Warren sent the troops at McKinney to our rescue. The leaders claimed that we could stand the sheriff’s posse off for a week if necessary without losing any men, if the friends of the mob in Buffalo would closely watch the soldiers at McKinney and prevent the soldiers at McKinney from stealing out a Gatling gun and turning it over to the sheriff’s posse, some of whom the leaders said were ex-soldiers and knew how to work a cannon. The leaders told Du Friend and the other man that the morning of the 11th of April they would send a man from TA ranch to Cheyenne to confer with Governor Barber and the officers of the stock growers’ association in regard to the predicament the mob was in, and for the purpose of making arrangements with the officers of the stock growers’ association to have at least 150 men in readiness to reinforce the mob whenever the officers of the stock growers’ association thought it would be expedient. The leaders explained to considerable length to Du Friend and the other man that there was yet a show for the mob to make a success of their raid, if their friends in Buffalo would go to the front as they agreed to. The leaders told Du Friend and the other man that there was a show for the troops from McKinney to come out to the TA ranch in the night to stop the fight. The leaders explained to Du Friend and the other man that if some of the friends of the mob could be concealed in a gulch by themselves near the lines of the rustlers and open fire upon the troops from McKinney, that the success of the raid made by the mob depended upon that one circumstance. The leaders said that their friends in Buffalo would have plenty of time to make their own arrangements in regard to selecting their ground, so there would be no trouble for