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The Chinese names were phonetically rendered. Both men later testified about the incident.

Callaway later reported that only one of the Chinese was shot and killed, but Storti's account clearly indicates otherwise.

Callaway to Adams, Sept. 20, 1885 (telegram), UP, RG 2361, box 21, Labor Disputes, Sept. 1885.

Storti, Incident at Bitter Creek, 108-21.

Callaway to Bromley, Dec. 5, 1885, UP, RG 2361, box 12, Labor Disputes, Nov.-Dec. 1885.

Bromley, Chinese Massacre, 11, 29, 32-33, 48-50, 55-58.