Mr. Sowel wrote, "One night after the Civil war, while Mr. Wernette was living in the upper part of town (Castroville), he carried his horse Bill across the river and belled and hobbled him.  Late in the night he heard the bell rattling loud and fast, and said to his wife, "The Indians are after old Bill."  Next morning he told his stepson if he would go and get old Bill he would give him a nice present.  The boy skipped out and went quickly, but soon came back with the bell and hobbles, saying that was all he could find of him.  That night the Indians got all of the horses on the east side of the river, but delayed so long in rounding up and getting them together that by daylight they had only proceeded with them as far as the head of Colevro Creek.  John Green, a brave man and good Indian fighter, raised six men, and taking a near cut came upon them at the Verde pass and at once charged them.  Green was ahead of his men and first encountered the Indians, but soon scattered them with his revolvers, but was himself severely wounded.  The other men soon came up and all the horses were retaken and brought back, and Mr. Wernette got old Bill again.  Green afterwards belonged to a company of minute men, and was first lieutenant.  On one occasion he wanted to take a night scout and ordered the men to saddle up, but while saddling his horse, was shot and killed by a Mexican who belonged to the company, who then ran and made his escape into Mexico.  What the trouble was about the writer has not been able to learn."