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point and Woke@ Gown I made ‘the “remark, “Where are the lava beds? This gantry below looks like @ @at plain that a mounted man could gallop across without difficulty orimpediment.” It Was not until the troops were in action that the command arrived at & correct estimate of the char- acter of ROB ROY MAC-HODOC. Special Herald Despatch from ; the Modoc Territory. is THE INDIANS WON’T LEAVE. ‘HE FIELD OF OPERATIONS. Their experience, though rather dearly bought, at the sacrifice of about fiteen brave men, has@ given @ comprehension of the geog- raphy of the Java beds that was hitherto unknown, It is to be hoped, however, that no further aggressive movements may be necessary, as from my persona! inspection of the position now occupied by the Modoc Indians a vic- tory will be dearly bought even should the attack- ing party be 1,000 strong. Ever since the arrival of the Peace’ Commission there has been a hope that war was at an énd, but since I have made the personal acquaintance of Captain Jack and his forty-two braves I do not feel 80 certain about the negotiations terminating Peacefuily, ax, from what I can learn, Mr. Meacham ig the only member of the Peace Commission who appears incjmed to grant these Indians @ general paraon, and without such liberal action there are DO hopes of peace, as the Modoca Will fight to the Captain Jack and His Warriors Change Their Minds. ee SIX HUNDRED REGULARS NEAR BY. ——? A Graphic Description of the Scene of Operations. ae pereerenn last man rather than give ap one of their number 7 J ’ + to suffer for the death of those citizens who, in IN TE £80) LAVA BrI aS. their belief, were only killed fn honorable warilare. hy eet hac Eg Mr. Case and Mr. Applegate, it is understood, are both in favor of, as they say, upholding the dignity of the government they represent and claiming the so-called murderers, to be handed over to the | civil powers of Oregon to be tried for their | crimes. The action of the Oregon Grand dury finding a true bill of murder in| the first degree against Hocker Jim, Charley Miller, Curly-Headed Doctor and two others has certainly rather complicated the business in the hands of the Peace Commission as, supposing they | should pardon all these Indians and decide to move them to Klamath or some other reservation within the boundaries of the State of Uregon, the Sherift might put in an appearance and claim the avove | named men, and thus make a conflict between the | military and civil authorities, as the former would certainly protect the Modoes from the hands of the © law. The Story of Our Correspondent’s Interview with the Indians. pate ee TESA “GLAD T0 SEE THE PAPER MAN.” What the Peace Commissioners Wanted to Hide from the Herald. WHITE TREACHERY AND EVIL DOING. THE ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLES. For the past tnreé weeks 1 have travelled pretty well all around this section, with a view to obtain- ing a correct opinion as to the origin of these | The Redskius’ Own Account of the troubles, and after @ careful estimate of the dif- Origin of the Trouble. ferent stories that i have heard, I feel satisfied eet iy that these Indians have been badly treated and | forced into a war which they appear perfectly DOCTORING CAPTAIN JACK. | abie to sustam. At first 1 was very | . much puzzied by the conflicting accounts one heard from Californians and Oregonians, but the letter-of the Governor of Oregon, stating that the Lost River land had been located under the Homestead act, and the reservations veing all { located in the same State, enabled me ve compre- hend te motives of the Oregonians in attempting to force these Indians from their homes on coveted | land te -agovernment reservation, where Indian ‘Scenes in the Modoc Camp Dur- ing the Peace Powwow. HEADQUARTERS PEACS COMMISSION, Damp ar Hor CREBK, Cal., Merch 15, 157: -Woloncl Biddle, with fifty mon of Troop K, First ‘eavalry, from Camp Halledk, arrived at Van | Bremer’s ranch on the evering of the 13th. In crossing from the old emigrant road along the “sonth margin of the lava bed he surprised four or five ‘Indians herding herses. He captured the > horses, thirty-fobr in number, and brought them inte Bremer’s. The Indians showed no hostility ) gun Biddle did not attadk them, as he thought it requisitions, and therefere more government funds at theif disposal These Indians, however, had an’experience of the comforts.of a reservation, and preferred their little settlement on the banks { of Lost River, where fish and game were plenty, to starvation at the expense of the government. For three years they lived in peace and quiet, travel- Jing backwards und forwards, without molesting or-disturbing any of the settlers, and occasionally visiting Yreka t# dispose of furs-and feathers, might complicate the -arrangements of the Peace | which formed ‘hetr chief, means ‘of sub- ‘ Commission. ssistence. Some- ‘of them, hewever, were scat- tered through the country, located on dif- NEWS FROM ‘THE LAVA BEDS. Artena Cheekus, @ Modoc squaw, arrived trom * the lava beds yesterday evening. She reports that ‘he Indians were ready to leave the rocks &t the * time agreed upon with Squire Sygeie; but when “packing. up to leave the women raised 2 wail, ~which caused the children to cry. The warriors, = seeing this, pecame-divided and gave up all inten- * thon of coming. STEPLE’S NARROW ESCAPE, Artena says it wasonly the friendship uf Captain Jack and Scar-faced Charicy that saved Steele trom being murdered en his late visit to the Modocs. The Modocs have eenciuded that Rosboreugh ‘and “ferent ranches, where they made themselves generally useful, splitting rails and stock riding. ‘Ths peaceful state of affairs did not suit the Oregonian setéiers, andwhen they complained to the Indian Superintendent-and trumped up stories of repeated dnsilts their by the Modocs, the latéér, ‘“e00 GWN tovadd to the | family, for whose support. the gevernment pays liberally, sent downs axcompany of thirty-five soldiers to move thent on to a reservation, peace- ably if they cowl, but forcitly if necessary. The soldiers came before daylight, amd, as the Indians say themselves, before they were out of their beds, Captain Jack distinctly denies the story that the Indians fired first, but says thatScar-faced Charley had been out shooting wild geese, and returning | ‘The horse was, however, deaf to ail arguments and agents would have more beads to include in their - RK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. macau sinibisdl ty bemting iia tog patron pebanen: 4 clusion I id not desire, Indian instructi by handing a docu- | telk on the Saturday pi jus. They aid not a) ir | con on as an ment to Mr. valraniid, wuo, war authorized to to be on the look out, as we reached the top of the | blood up might not have miioh respect ior the talking, and which proved to be & eta § bluff Cia A cee eden tae ming pee Ean Ae per os John Souomebin, Beatetuced Charley ‘and other | went to work and pulled up some brugh and | was the matter, and she sald that Charley Miller had prominent men of the tribe, telling who the | lit im order to let the Indians Know we had | come down Wi ~* SEE | Commissioners were that the President had ap- | arr’ In the meantime I took a look about and A MESSAGE PROM CAPTAIN JACK, _— pointed to treat with them, It also told them that | saw the lava beds below me and Tule Lake to the | that we were to camp where we were, and that Judge Kosborough was a member of the commis- | left, Fairehild alone would be received by him. Although Lf sion, and that their friend Elijah S'ecle had been sent for, and, in order to allow them time to get to Pairehild’s, it was necer todelay a few days betore holding the big tatk, Mr. Fairchild was also instructed to find out on what terms the Modocs proposed to meet, and whe they would agree THE LAVA BEDS, SBRX FROM THR BLUFFS, looked more like @ flat piain, dotted over with sage prush,shrubs, than the recky, broken ground that those present in the t bad such difficulty in getting over. It lay right at the foot of the blut, and about half way ac! the flat. The squaw Ma- = to allow the Peace Commissioners to” be | tiida pointed out @ lite knoll, thinly.covered with accompanied by a8 many soldiers as there ‘tches of juniper, w! she sald was close to were Modocs, Mr. Meacham then turned to Baptain Jac ‘s Cave. er waiting about a quar- Whittle and told him to tell his squaw | ter of an hour Matilda she saw a Modoc riding to point out to Dave and tell him the persons that the flat towards the foot of the biuf. We across all looked in that a in, but, with the excep- tion of the other squaw, Artena, nobody could see | sign of Indians. It'was fully ten minutes be- | fore we were able to see what the Keen eye of the diately turned to Whittle and toid him that he was squaw. had already ned, and then the a in the government employ, and he was to take | proaching horseman looked like a little black speck, Fairchild and no other man with him, especially | moving rapidly across lain. Presently another no newspaper reporters. I did not say anything | horseman was seen following after the first, and, when about half @ mile irom the foot of the on the moment, but. afterwards 1 went to Mr. Meacham and asked him to allow me to accompany | pind, we also discovered an Indian on foot, running along with the horses, The ascent of the biuf-was were goiug non Monday morning. Whittle told the squaw to tell nim that td party and perhaps acouple waite men were going; but as he spoke Mr. Meacham caught the last words, and inime- Whittle, and he most emphatically refused. Bein; very steep, but the mounted Indians rode their thus thrown entirely on own resources I went . horses halt way up, and then, tying them up toa ont and bad a talk with John Fairchild, and as he said persovally he had no objection to my going | juniper tree, came the remainder of the distance concluded that I would make the at- | on foot. Helore they arrived I asked Whittle what tempt. During the afternoon there was @ good | to do when they came up, and he said shake hands deul of private conversation between the members | with them, give them @ smoke, but do not appear ‘ot the Commission, and, as I saw they appeared @ | too familiar. F little doubtful as to my intentions, 1 concluded it “APPRARANCE OF THE MODOCS. wouid be best to ride over to Van Bremer's and | tm a few minutes the head of Dave, the Modoc that had been into the ranch on Saturday, aj pass the night at that camp. Before going 1 had ) peared over the crest of the hill, followed shortly ALITTLE TALK WITH ARTENA, * and'she pointed out tome the gap in the range, | afterwards by Hocker Jim, one of the most nota- ble ruMans in the tribe. Dave had no paint on where the road they were to follow leit the main road between Fairchild’s and Van Bremer’s, I+! and wore a pair of buckskin pants and a soldier's then started of, felling everybody Lwas going up | overcoat. He carried on his. arm °an to dine and pass the night with the ofilcers of the | ola Springfield muguzle-loader, and the ne- Fourth arttlery, who Were then camped at Van | cessary equipments were Wi over his. Bremer's, As TI had made the same trip on several | shoulder. I immediately stepped forward, occasions before nothing was suspected, and! rode | ghook hands with him, ana a few seconds after- of without hinderance of any kind. On my way 1 | ward my hand was grasped by Hocker Jim witha Pprospected the country a little and “dis- | kind of sullen grip. There was certainly no friend- covered where the road turned off and | guip evinced iu that shake, and a look at the gen- led to the bridge over Willow Creek. At Van Bremer’s | kept my intentions quict, as 1 was afraid Tmight place the officers in*an unpleas- ant position if f told trem what I intended to do contrary to the orders of the Commissioners. Be- tleman’s countenance did uot tend to reassure me of his pacitic intentions. He wore a flannel) shirt and a pair of gray pants considerably the worse for wear; an eid-iashioned muzzle-loading rifle rested on his arm anda buckhorn powder flask fore going to bed I went down to the suticr’s, | was snspended trom his waist. Hocker Jim was bought a couple of pounds ef tobacco and had my | in mourning, and if anything could make him more flask filed, in case [should require a little stima- | hideous and rufianly this tribute to tle memory of lant to help me out. lawoke early and was up and dressed by six o'clock, and found that it had been snowing during the night and the ground was covered with the white, fleecy particles, lying about three inches deep, Aiter swallowing a hasty breakfast I sad- died my horse and started along the road te Fair- child’s, in order to meet the-other party, who I knew were to leave the ranch at seven A. M. stead of going directly down to the bridge I made AN ATTEMPT TO FORD THE OREEK higher op, which resulted im a difference of the departed, which consised of a black, greasy paste laid on over the lower part of the face, close up to the eyes, was certainly a success. Hocker Jim I should take to be a man of about thirty years of age, five feet mine inches in height, 175 pounds in weight, and of stout and compact proportions. his name has become celebrat in this late war a8 oneof the leaders of the band that murdered the Oregon settlers on the day of the first fight at Lost River. He has been indicted by the Oregon Grand Jury for murder in the frst degree, but I think Sheriff and his posse will opinion between myself and horse, and asihad | have some trouble arraigning him before the neither whip ner spurs the quadruped succeeded | par. Both these Indians stood reund the fire talk- in defeating my intentions. 1 dismounted, and | ing with the squaws, and in the meantime Steam- having secured the services of a club, returned to boat Frank walked up and joined the party. Frank my former position and renewed the discussion, is nota bad looki Indian, about twenty-three years of age, five eight in stature and weigh- ing about one huadred and sixty pounds. He had on his war paint, smudged roughly on the cheeks and forehead, and was armed with a Spencer breech-loading carbine and insinuations of the club, and I consequently gave up the point and moved down towards the bridge. When [ got there the unbroken snow gave no signs of any horses having passed over that morn- ing, so I rode back towards Fairchild’s to meet | equipments adorned with the letters U. them. After afew minutes’ ride [saw them com- | This weapon was probably obtained trom ing over a spur, Fairchild and Artena leading, | one of the cavalry killed in the fight of the 17th of with Whittle and Matilda about twenty yards be- | January. He had a bett full of cartridges slung hind, As soon as Fairchild and Artena came up I | over his shoulder, and a revolver and knife in his turned my horse round and rode alongside of | pelt. Both the other Indians carried revolversand them. Fairchild presently said :— sheath Knives, Frank belongs to the Hot creek FaiRCHILD—Where are you going? HERALD CORRESPONDENT—TO the lava beds, with you, FarRcniLp—Well, personally, I have not any ob- jection, and, in fact, [would be giad to have you with us; but, a8 1 am only accompanying Whittle, you had detter see him. L sald, “‘All right,” and rode back to join Whittle and his’squaw. When I joined them the followmg conversation ensued :— Wuuirrie—Where are you off to this merning? HERALD CORRESPONDENT—I hardly know—just taking'a little ride. | Wairree—t am ey the Commissioners would us, band of Indians, and was ene of that party that Fairchild and Dorris would have taken safely to Yianax reservation if they had not been stopped by the drunken Linkville roughs, A FRIENDLY SMOKE. For a few minutes the conversation was confined to the squaws and the Indians, and in the meantime 1 Mled and ut my pipe, and passing it round they all took two or three whiffs. Presently Frank be- gan to talk to Fairchild in English, and we found that Captain Jack was very sick and would not be abie to come out and talk, but he wanted Fair- child to come in and sec him. Whittle then asked if he and the Paper Man (the name under which | net tet you &, witl * the HERALD correspondent was introduced to the | HERALD ConRRESPONDENT—Yes; it was rather | Indians) were to come along, and Frank respond- | mean of them. But [ have an idea of zomg with- | ing im the affirmative, we all started, leading our | out their permission, as Ido rot see what au- | horses down the bluff. The descent was very steep, | thority they have to govern my travelling to any | part ofthe country I deem proper, ‘WurrtLe—That is so; but then you cannot go ewith me. HerraLp CorresronpENT—Hut if choose to ride along after you there is nobody who cam prevent | My going to the lava beds. Making nearly an angle of forty-tlve degrees, and it took us nearly twenty minutes to make the base. Arrived there we mounted ard continued our jour- ney at @ walk, as I now began to realize THE NATURE OF THE GROUND. The track led im an easterly direction, along the southerly edge of Tule Lake, and across a country | ,) WHITTLR—If you go there you will have te find | that sppeared ome mass of broken rocks, firmly | ‘the way yourself, as, if you follow me, ¢ shall turn | .imbedded in a dark loamy soil. ae reekh mete all 3 and on the tracl rol with edges; { ARALD CORRESPONDENT-~You need mot do that; thoug wong woke worn down A little, the ti ‘nobody can blame you if I follow you. selling was vory: |. We walked quietly along WuHITrLE—Yes, they will, If you lad asked me | in single file and Mr, Hocker Jim kept close ‘before I was engaged by the government I would | te me, and appeared very much taken by an Ulster have taken you, but, as itis, i! you go I go back. | Bi i CORRESPONDENT—I8 there no way I can | thx it |" Wurrrs.e—None that 1imow of. HERALD CoRRESPONDESI—Well, if that is the case, | I suppose I must defer my visit. WHITTLE—I am very ‘sorry, but it cannot ‘ne -helped. overcoat [had on. He afterwards evinced such an interest in thatarticle of apparel that he proposed @ trade, mein exchange an eld soldier's overcoat. I certainly felt Nattered.at the proposal, and under the influence of the persuaders which “Mr. Hocker Jim‘varried in his hand would proba bly have complied with his request, but I finally concluded that it would not be wise to give ws A the avaricious desires of the wily savage, and told THE PROBLEM SOLVED. saw the soldiers in the camp, ran up to see whet was the ‘matter, and when 200 yards from the soldiers fell. down, and his gun was accidentally Steele are their enemies, because tuey advised them to leave their-old home. MILITARY REINFORCEMENTS. There is no movement of the military egainst the Indians, and probably there will be nome until after the arrival of the new Commission. Majer Kimball arrived from Camp:Harney, with his oemmand, K Troop, Firat cavalry. The whole number.ofitroops at all points is about six hundred. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. San BRANCISCO, Cal., March 16, \1673. General Canty moved his headquarters ito’ Van Bremer’s ranch on:Saturday. Schonchin apd Charley Riddle refase #o.come off the reservation. A new Peace Gonmnission has been formed,soom- | posed of General Canby and Messra Meacham, Rosborough and Odeneal. CAPTAIN JAOK AFRAID TO ComE aur. ‘The squaw Artena, who has arrived trom: the Java beds, says Captain Jack wants te talk, wut is afraid to come out. .She says that General Canby cannot control the »soldiers, becaase they rcap- tured the horses and:feur children of the Modecs, This statement that.any children were captured is pronounced false. Captain Jack, it is,said, wants Commissianers Meacham and Pairehiid to come to him again -wnd Rave another talk. A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION. SS lec Reasons Why the Commissioners Fuiled— Their Attempt to Hide the Trath trom the Herald, aad the Result—How Qur Correspondent Got. Into the Lava Beds, id What Occursed There. HERAw AEADQUARORRS, VAN BREMER’S KRawcey Siskyoc County, Cal., March 1, 1875. } For negriy half @ century the history of ths «@ountry has recorded jmany celebrated Indian | , fights, in which numbere,of,brave men wave ‘bitten | ‘the dust; tat during the past tex years there hat not » Beem a battle with the red men of the forest which Created @ greater semsation throughout the United | + States thanvthe receat gat with Captain Jack and his band of Modoc Indians. ‘The battle of Washtta, in which General Forsyth, with fifty men—made up Of soldiers, soputs and citizens—fought and defeated 000 Sioux braves, killing over two hundred, was certainly one of the most important victories ever achieved by a.mere company of men; but the hat- tle of the lava beds has been »rought inte motoriety by circumstances of a.very different order, #esulting in a disastrous deieat. 1 euhall net attempt to criticise ike general. sabip that was exhibited on thm partiaular .occasion,.as in & fermer letter I have endeavored to give a gear aniLimpartial history of the events the part of the soldiers. dn justice, however,to the military, I must state that Majer Jackson, who was jn command ef tu= soldiers, distinctly af_irms that Scar-faced Charley fired the first apot when clese upon the troops. On the other side of George Fyack, ef Yreka, fired the first shot, which was follewed by several others on the part of the citizems, which resulted inthe killing of a papoose, wounding a squaw and scaring all the party m the encampmeat. This attack. was considered by the starteddor the lava beds. The party attacked .by | the citizens made a raid on .the settlers arid kitted twelve men, but spared all women and children with.theexception ef a bey aged eleven. The tat- ter they. evidently considered able to carry arms, } a8 the otker day, when inthe lava beds, I saw.an Indian bey, certainly not ever twelve years of.age, carrying. rife and ammunition. THE USELESS PEACE COMMISSION. The subsequent events and the fight of the 17th ; Of January have already been fully described, uit need no iarther comment. The next move ix this campaign. of importance was the arrival of the Peace Commission, and here we commence a jie tory of pai'tical trickery avhich, although it may result in axuiet settlementof the Modoc trouiles, will be ow/ng mainly to the influence of Elijah Steele and the instructiens of President Grant and the common sense of General Canby. Ever since Messrs. Meacham, Applegate and Case have been im session it was evident that private in- terests were consulted instead of the public wel- ; fare. Mr. Meacham, late Superintendent of in- dian Affairs im Oregon, although one of the mest Peacefully digposed of the three, takes every oppet- tunity that vs position afierds him to cloak the misdeeds enacted in his reign by throwing the onus upon Captain Knapp, ‘the Indian Agent at , Klamath at that time. He has.aleo. evinced great eagerness in terreting out tke causes and trou- bles leading to this war, with, as some people Say, the charitable view of estuldishing the blame upon hiss successor in office, Mr. Odeneal. Both Messrs. Case and Applegate are Oregonians, who feel it their duty te stand by their State, and ure | should be given up to justice. Sir, Meacham, ho: | ever, does not despair, and hopes to convince Judge Rosborough of the expediency, if;not the justice, of his views. Should he prove successful the Com- | . ussion wi}} be divided, and General Canby wiil have the casting vere, ‘That officer hae kept care- | fully aloof from aii the squavbies and bicker. | | ings of the Chree firet named gemtiemer, and will’ | joubticss coune forwerd at the proper moment in | | a menner that will rather astomsh their weak | | perves, | | TRYING TO GOVERN THE HERALD'S REPRESENTATIVE, ‘Fhe Commission have been very caremi as to | poke! bes Me they furnished the correspond epts of the different newspapers, and whatthey dig give them was furnished as a 8) favor. One | Of the Gommisaioners was kind enough to promise me all.the current news on the condition that :that transpired on the 17th of Jamuary, and, there- ore submit ghee) a ae 1h Meal Aore, every reader of the HERALD can form his own | tion, It ic meediess to say 1 was unable to svall myself of this very Kind offer, and consequent! they retaliated 6F fetusine me pertssion to te Present at <he interview with the squaws Matilda and Artena when peer retgrned from their fret | pinion on the questaon, bearing in mind, however, ‘that.my sketch of the Java beds dees not approach 40 adequate description of the natural fortifica- ‘tions, .egainst which the regular troops had)so con- | Visit te the Java T then came to the con- fend. Imakedhe above statement, as, since.writ- | {]uslom that there gust be some mystery that niemen were at f ty Gr Dy tempting to hide from discharged, and the report started the firingon | the river.John Schonchin states that a man named | Indians-to be, to all intents and purposes, a decla- | ration of war, and, putting on their war paint, they | steadiast in their opinion that the murderers | ‘ao propitious, and it was prudent to defer the fight | 1 may add that these Indians take a w- | for that day. This was indeed a happy reminis- | wonderfal amoumt of killing. Shack Nasty Jim cence, as there was not the slightest doubt about | and Bogus Charley were hot through ts omen, as these birds had been flapping their | the body at the first fight, and four afterwards wings ior the last half an hour, and looked us | they were walking about, apparently in pertect | witn them. Whittle waited the squaw to tell him the coat did not belong to me. Alter riding slowly along for about halt an hour we ‘came upon half a dozen Modoc scouts, standing round a sage brush fre and talking. and ee among themselves. Fairchiid dismounted andjWhittle and I followed his example, and leaving our herses te browse on the bunch grass, we walked up and joined the party by the fire. They were a wild looking Lae! , hearty all clad in wool rts and second soldiers’ clothes, They were all armed to the teeth and patmted. Some were im mourning, but'the majority had their ei daubed with the reddish-brown mixture | Whittle then rede on aiter-Fairchild and ‘the squaws, and I turned yound and rode back in not | @ very pleasant frame of mind. As the horse walked slowly en I began to think how I could get | into that lava bed wirhout getting Whittle into | troubie, and just as I was giving up all hopes my | eye happened to licht-upon the iresh tracks «nade by Fairchild’s party on the snow. It suddenly | flashed across my mind that those tracks weuld lead me to the lava bed, and the Commissioners could then throw po-blame on Whittle. For once I thought there was some sense in the-poem«‘Beau- ulul Snow,” although on more than one eecasion, while tramping through the slush in New York, | W! they use as war paint. Fairchild, alter | 1 firmly believed that the, man "who penned | Shaking hands with the party, introduced me as those “lines must have been out of his | the Paper Man from alar off, from the big | mind. At that mowent took it all | own Dd) the set in ‘Boston Ilihee. The Indtane In:the ‘West Gall all she white men Bostons, and the word Illihee means country or land. Alter shaking hands with the emtire party my pipe was | back, and mwardly .apologized for my want of | perception in mot rendering homage to ‘his talent, the evening was bitterly cold and the prospect not Hi alacri| inviting I di up ty, imme- diately jum; of my horse and exp! my readiness sar. anywhere that Captain Jack Ma’ teid me not to be in a hurry, as Tame, who was li’ with his cousin, Wild Gas, insisted that wi for the night. Altho' certainly dis- played the greatest in our behalf, I inwardly cursed bis well-meant oper aoe as Charley Miller looked more savage every minute, and felt nervous for fear the Springfleld resting on his it 0 Off cidentally in rought to bear by y, Tame finally juelching and we resumed our march without further let or hinderance. Scar-faced Charley presently rode up and settled all doubts on the matter by telling us tocome on. At this juncture Scar-faced On Bogus Charley, Frank, Pairchiid and Artehd took the trait to the left, and Tame took Whittle, Matilda and the LD correspond- ent straight ahead. We were now evidently approaching tain Jack’s headquarters, as we ed through two or three gulches about fifty feet in width and, wails of broken rock about twenty feet high. In each of these natural forti- fications were one or two Indian ranch or wickkeups, After climbing up out of one of these rocky canyons we suddenly descended into the largest of the kind J had yet seen, being about one hundred feet square and with walls about forty feet in height. There were four or five rancheries in this place, and at one of these Tame stopped, and, lifting-up the blanket that served as a door, went inside, We all dismounted, and, alter tying up our horses-to 80me safe brush stumps that had escaped the fire, took off our saddles and bridies and went in to ould go to his house THE HOTEL DE TAME. The accommodation was vertainly limited, as the reed matting hung over a few tent poles, stuck in the ground in an oval shape, did not cover an area of more than ten feet by eight. ‘The fire was built against the rocks, in the open air, and under two rocks that had fallen together and formed two sides of an equilateral triangle. Indians do not appear to care ior a genial warmth, but preter a system of roasting that requires some- thing of the ‘nature of a salamander to endure. On entering the wickkeup I was introduced to my hostess, Mrs. Wild Gal Tame, who appeared rather better looking than the average run of Modoc squaws. Miss Wild Gal Tame, a pretty little apoose about three or four years of age, sat on er knee, playing with a dead mouse. e all sat down on the matting round the fire, and Whittle then told me that there was a difference of opin- jon among the Modocs as to whether I should be admitted tothe council. Several of the bucks came around and were introduced, and nearly all of them carried their guns as if suspicious of treachery. I pulled out my pipe and set it going the rounds and then cut upa plug of tobacco in small pieces and divided it among them. This bribery and corruption, I believe, defeated the op- position, asa few minutes afterwards Long Jim came up and toid us to come along to the council. We then followed our guide across the canyon and after a scramble up one of its rocky walls came out upon a table of broken scoria which we crossed with some difficuity, and then our guide suddenly disappeared down a deep hole. When I came up to the spot where he so mysteriously Ree leg I found a deep hole, with. foot tracks leading down about twelve feet; I let myself down gently, and then, after about ten paces down an indlined plane, found myselt IN A LARGE CAVE FILLED WITH INDIAN BUCKS and squaws. The coup d’@il was striking, as the fire shed a glare over the faces of the brown war- riors, who were seated round in circles. The light also flashed on their musket barrels, showing that not even in council did they leave their treasured weapons. The cave was lofty and the walls ran round in circular form about forty feet apart. . ‘The fire was in the centre, and sitting up witha blanket wrapped round bis lower limbs Was Captain Jack, the chief of these few Indians that have given suen oker evidence of their rtrd capacity, He ad @ white handkerchief round his head, and wore @gray flannel shiré, His left hand rested upon the handle of a root digger that was planted in the ground before him, and when 1 stepped into the circle he put out his right and shook me a cordial welcome. I then shook hands with Scar-faced Charley, Shack Nasty Jim, Black Jim and some half @ dozen others and took @ seat in the front circle to the left of Scar-face, and with Whittle on my right. On the oppesive side of the fire reclined a fine Jooking Indian, who had been shot through both arms, and was then under treatment of the curly-headed doctor, Two long arrows stood in the ground, one at each side of his head, and tne ‘doctor's wile sat alongside of him, ministering to his wants. On Jack’s right sat Bogus Charley, Steamboat Frank, John jonchin. and Hooker dim, in the erder named, and on his left were Shack Nasty Jim, John child, Scar-faced Char- ley, tne HERALD Correspondent, Whittle and the two squaws, Matilda and Arténa, THE BERALD AMBASSADOR PRESENTED. When all were quiet John Fairchild got up and introduced the HeraLp correspondent by name to the np Indians, and told how I caine from of from Boston lllihee, and wrote for a what paper that told all was doing He said: I had the people said about the Modoc troubies, and that I wantedso to hear the Modoc’s own story; that though the Commissioners had forbidden him to take me in I had followed their tracks in the snow to the-top of the buffs. Bogus Charley, who ortici- ated as interpreter, then translated this speech to the Sachems, and when he cenciuded they ex- pressed their approbation in @ periect chorus of A’s, the nearest approach to their approving grunt pene. ag resembling the pronunciation of the etter A. John Fairchild then proceeded to carry out his mission and reed out the letver of the Commissien, which was translated, sentence by sentence, by is Charley. The letter simply informed the Indians the pames of the four Commissioners, and that they were anxious to delay the big talk until Judge Rosborough and Mr. Elijah Steele should arrive. As each sentence was translated tne In- dians grunted their approval. JOBN SCHONSHIN HAS THE FLOOR. Fairchild then asked to hear them speak, and in | turned round ia nry saddle, and, seeing tbat the party had passed over the next hill and were out | of sight, | wheeled and followed slowly after them, For some minutes I fet the horse walk slowly | along until we came-elose to the top of the first hui, when I dismounted and peeped cautiously over, Whittle and party were out of sight, so I Mounted and trotted ieisurely along the ‘trail. | About twenty mimates’ ride brought me down to the edge of Little Kivmath Lake, a large sheet of water, that appeared entirely irozen over. Turning la point or rocks gear tthe border of the lake, I saw my unconscious guides.about two miles ahead. | | ree Le tee retiuc tt part Hae che the next | point jutting out inte the lake aud then resumed | iny journey, trotting leisurely along. Itvwas not | tyes or long bulrushes, from which the lake avery pleasant mornimg, as the snow .was still | takes its name. After traversing about half a | failing and the air wae keen and sharp, pine road | mule of # very pee ogg se | led along the edge ofthe lake, and, although the “2 iN vs | frost of the two or three preceding Gays ed hard- | that at the distunce made a picturesque ssene. | ened it to some extent, there were many soft and | A targe party of the Modocs were standing aud | miry places. From what I heard Lknew that this | ing aronnd a fire, buils onthe summit of a | must be the old California trail to the Atlantic | '¢Ky blu rising about twenty feet above the States, and that I could snot be far from a portion | 8Ufrounding country. There were about filty or of the road that bad been the scene of many an | iXty Ducks, squaws and } yt in the group, | emigrant massacre, in which some five and twenty | aud the squaws, attired in their red petticoats, years ago the fathers.of these very Modocs wnom | With heir papooses tied up on their backs, again Drought into requisition, and went the rounds of the group, each man taking a whiff, and then passing it to his neighbor. Some of these Medocs were ee! young, and | noticed oneiboy in the group, ceriaimly not more than fifteen years of See, with his face pleaniiaty be- danber with red paint, and armed with | an old tashioned, muzzie-loading rifle. Atter a short talk, we mounted our horses and .rode on, esoorted by our new friends. Some of them were riding their littie Indian ponies and the others came along on foot. The trail then led to the bor- der of the lake, and tor a short distance we just skirted the water's edge, passing through . the i desired xo much to see had taken a prominent | 4¥@ one the picture of what might be part in butchering hundreds of victims. taken for @ gypsey encampment. When we BIRDS OF KVIL. OMEN. got to the " base tf the rocks we all dismountea, and, after the usual form of intre- duction, I saook hands with about twenty more Mo- | doce, including John Schonohin, the brotner of Schonchin, the old chief of the tribe, now residing on the Yianex Reservation. John Schonchin is @ finevooking indian, about fitty-five years of age, with an intelligent countenance, not distigured iy paint. He was unarmed and expressed him- sel | ‘This train of thought had rather an unpleasant eifect on ye peace of mind, and the close proxim- ity ol two large ravens that.kept slowly hevering over my head did pot tend.to enliven iny spirits. These birds kept right above my head, not five yards distant, and Kept siowly tanning the air with their wings, and lor two ;miles they never flew twenty yards away. Seweral times they came so close tomy head that! raised my hand to strike | them ; but they were uot easily. frightened, and still kept their position, fying faster when my horse | 1 set my pipe going and handed it tw Schon- ‘ trotted and slower when he walked. Presently, | chin, Who took.a smoke and then passed it on to however, | remembered what history tells of the | LongJim, a tine-looking Indian, wio had his right | Danes, who, in their wars with :the Anglo-Saxons, | armip a sling. He received a bad gunshot wound carried a raven junto battle, and believed that when | in the first fight, which shattered his arm pretty | the bird Mapped its wings victory was certain, but, | badly, but the squaw Matilda told me it would be | ahen they lay drooping by its side, the omen was | healed in a few days. Speaking of wounds, VERY GLAD TO SEE THE PAPER MAN. if they intended mem up that amusements | ad infinitum, The road kept along the edge of the | jake jor about eight miles and then went straight up long hill, Imad been riding up this hill about fiveyor ten minutes when J suddenly perceived thay, the snow was unbroken and there were no fresh | tracks of horses ahead. | immediately warned my | horee’s head and ,rode slowly heck, looking out for the tracks, an¢ when | got down to the edge of the lake I found country had nn suddenly upheaved and left A.fRESH TRALL | nothing but rocks on the suriace. leading sharp up to the right of the main road. 1 | THE FORMATION OF THE ROCKS dismounted, and, fading the traeks of four horses, | is very curious, as there is no similarity between followed it up @ wud ravine, graaually mounting | one pile of racks and the other, as to the right we all the time until we seached the top of the spur. | pass @ deep hole filled with loose rovks and on the As Whittle, Fairchild and party were not insight, left there runs @ trail leading into a chasm health, with a = of sticking plaster over the holes made by the bullets. We only stopped about five minutes at this camp and then started off for Captain Jack’s headquarters, accompanied by the entire party, some riding, but the majority on foot, The trail mow became very rocky and rough, and the horses had some trouble in’ keeping.on their legs, The ground was rolling and completely cov- ered with Scns giving one the idea that the whole | trotted.along pretty fast, but in many placee the | about fifteen or twenty feet deep, with around was so rocky that I was obliged to walk | walls 80 perpendicular that they gave my horae. About six miles {rom Kiamath | me the impression of being the work of Lake J came suddeniy upon the of a | man rather than the work of nature. About a bluff, with a very sharp descent. as the face of | quarter of a mile further on we were met by rather the bluff was very steep I.dismounted and led my | a nice-iookin; Indian, who immediately greeted horse, and, inounting agaép at its base, rode fast to | Fairehild in English and shook hands with him in a the top of the next spur, AsI passed over its crest | friendly manner. The new comer, Mr. Bogus Char- 1 saw Whittle and party on the flat below, and theg | ley, was rather a Dice-looking bo; boul twenty Mt el . fy pe eae ualeeet bel to the Hot K party, and , 0 me, n ¥ thougkt it best Tide on‘iast and soon came | Sreapead oy the: arrivae oc mal ‘as presently interrupted by the arrival of Charley Miler, . 4 + Indian, who & Fepulsive-lookii je came, This waived us back with his hand a young man, I have been given to understand, is age of the worst Indians in the tribe, and, cer- tainly, first appearances did not give @ favorable impression. He immediately commenced talking until I rode up, then said, “80 YOU WERE DETERMINED TO COME!’ I replied that, asthe traeks on the snow were a ide to the lava bed, I thought it best to of the chance and not wait until Meg My account of the duva-bed fght, I have «suc- | the d that the only way to | deeded in obtaining ocwar demonstration as’ to aera ome to see Captain Jack and She impregnable sature of the Indian stronghold, | Gay with tis squaw Matic wea "ewe goes snd J hasten to, correct any false impressions I may | named Dave, and they gave a T favorable re- have anwittingly made in that respect. General Bodces taeeintion emene and disposition of the Wheaton jiad no idea of the nature of the ground story the Com ee anise Gaathe Gotten on which he fought—at least his engineers had | Jack was anxious to see Mr- John Pairci before given him @ wrong impression in regard to its sy any big ie Pithes should be gratified, strength—and, in fact, the only point that | Matilda amd Artena were given dnetruetions Tope. appeared to trouble the regular troops was the Ray TE ls and Modec fear that perhaps, owing to the extent | Davi b wig Sunday to prepax’e Captain Jack of country they had to attack, some of the Indians od for visiting the lava eds, anu. poserolagie might break through the line andescape. Asur- | had 9 talk with John Fairchild Wey ot the lava beds from the bint above would | morning, and he, said pet as tertainly give no ides of the rough and broken | fir Meacnand.called in Whittle, Fairchild: Deve soy, country below, as I remember when I stood op that. the souaws Majilda and Artena to give them their, the sun hade d all tracks of their ride. Whittie | an tictlating in a vi nd canghed and said, “Well, as the tracks have seen | Oharicy, Steamboat Frank son Tame suomeret eae you before this, yon had up Although the conversa- back eome what yg tion was carried on in Modoc language I could ithe meantime I sent my pipe on its rounds. John Sehonchin Snally got up, and in order to give an -ddea of a Modoc speech, as rendered by the inter- preter, I will give it verbatim “Well, glad to see men; glad to see the Paper Man from. afar off; my heart teels good when men talk; tired of hearing squaw talk; Indian not ashamed ‘to talk when white man come to see him. You tellme a name; ‘ know him; Mr. Mea- -cham; I see him; he dam big chief; first time ee him he say I big chief; I see him long time.ago; I knew him, Mr. Meacham, tell me all straight; I «coine now big chicf; I make you Place; tell «me first time; suow me good house; long time ago; that I say I know tum, Mr. Meacham; he told) me out at Fort Klamath; he sell Captain Knapp you treat iim good thig Modoc Indian; Captain Knapp no like mne;he scare me Captain Knapp. . Meacham told nim te waten me good; 1 know Mr. Meacham; he say big talk ; tell me straight ; tell truth. Captain Knapp, bad man; he come to my door; I say Ido no Want you come to my house; no like you. I knew Mr. Meacham; tell me the truth; give me good say; Say Want to tell me.truth; no want to tell .me lie. I knew Mr. Meacham at Fort Klamath; put.the axe in the ground; no want to take him ont. [ I know Mr. Meacham; he suy he want to talk; I phe axe in the ground; I tell nim straight; bel tell him, Meacham, J want to live in good place, where J live first (Fort Klamath). Man from aiar off hear Indian iy hear him speak truth; that agent make it bad; Aang Indian; Captain Knapp; he bad man. ‘our (first fight) whire man make trouble; he shoot me first; white man shoot first; i same as white man; they come attack ame. I want the chief to tell me good; no lie. He | ‘etioot me; I dow’t know him. I give you ali my country; I keep « little piece of land; yet they shoot me. I do not know what he shoot ine for. What makes him kill’ [ thought I gave him all my land, water, grass and everything. I don’t eharge nothing for my land; I give away ail. | What makes them skoot me? I keep little piece of land. I don’t like fight; no want fight. He comes; I tell them no fight. Yon come in, Mr. ft, id; that’s all rigot; all true when you come; see you tn this country ; that’s all right. White man shoot children, little girl, big girl; my frieud, he shoot him. I get up soon in morning; [ bunt geese; when I look back see teo many men, both sides of the river; I look back, both sides Last River. What the matter? Bad work; Appiegate’s (meaning Lindsey Applegate's me lie; Applegate's son say go back to-morrow; tell me lic; me leet bad; when I 50 back, he kill my friend; 1 come home ; I call my children; no breakfast, no home; I like to see him. Applegate’s son, he bad man; one day he tell me good, with one-arm Brown; all hic ; 1 see him; he said plenty of men; I see them. I don’t know what the matter with Jackson ; he come early morning; soldier men coming, pistol j in hand; like to see Captain Jack; all carry gun. BOGUS CHARLEY RISES TO EXPLAIN. Bogus Charley here took up the story, saying:— “I say, stop; like to see Captain Jack; i say, stop, | boys; Ivan Applegate; I got up eariy morning; toid Unarle: go get me water; he say, ‘Plenty of men come. hardly get up; I sleep in house; he come slow; boys, soldier come; what he want? | I say, stop, boys; [don’t want you Come near; make you place here 5 camp there; all children f t ey cone; close to house: all carry gan; for Captain Jack; Captain | Jack asleep; no clothes on; no gun loaded; no pis- | tol loaded; old woman gave Jack shirt; he said, no | hurry; plenty of time; he go out; we have nothing; no gun. I down to see him; Major Jackson, how are he sald nothing; why you come for this morning’ what you come hurry? sets bi shoot, all guns; 1 never do nothing inst diers; Scar-face Charley come fro! her side; ymé slow; he 400 Moons } Carry gun to kill duck ‘ort Klamath; Ino make Jirst blood; I want talk | ago | right atter you come; you like grass | | alive; T told Faire Yianox; soldiers shoot ; I want fou o; ler reapo ste yee Thay father. Ivan, me down two days before, say he come back, two men; have big talk, hi, hi; come back with soldiers; would not go off; camp and talk. Mayor Jackson no talk. Scar-face say, Jackson, what saa sone. fron. He say come fom the moun, SOS a ADJOURNMENT FOR SUPPFR. Fairchiid then suggested that We should break up the council for the present and go to supper, This Proposition appeared to meet with general satis- ction, and the Indians all retired to their re~ spective rancherles and caves, leaving Captaim Jack in the charge of the Curly-headed Doetor and and wile. Faircnild, Whittle and myself returne® to Mr, James’ rancherie, and, puiling out a bag of buiscuit and cold meat, set to work at sapper, and Mrs. Wild Gal Tame boiied some water and made us seme ceifee. A number of indians sat aroun outside and munched greedily at some pieces o: bread that we gave them. After suppel ‘ley, Scar-laced Charley, John Schonchim d several others arrived, and Bogus told me that Captain Jack was too sick to talk to me himsel! had sent them to tell me all about their wrongs. BOGUS CHARLEY TELLS MIS STORY TO THE PAPER MAN, ‘They first told me about going on the reserva- tion, where they had near! zen to death, as the ent only gave them half @ blanket and none at ato the squaws, He also said they had only been iasued provisions for the first two or three days, and afterwards they had So cig mus roots in tha depth of Winter and kill aud eat their horses to keep from starvation. Charley said that he and three or four others had split some two or three thousand rails and had never veen paid tor their work, and added that starvation finally drove them back,to Lost River, after they had been about ten weeks on the reservation. Speaking about the last fight, they told me each two or three mem had about two miles of rock to defend. They did not have a high opinion of the Oregon voluntee! and sai they lay on their backs bebind rocks an shot up inthe air. They asked me all about th HERALD, and were evidently much amaged an astenished at the magnitude of the estabHshmen' connected with that paper. Finally, Scar-face Charley toid me they were going to docter Captai Jack, and so I went over to see the periormance, | DOCTORING CAPTAIN JACK. A good many Indians were in the cave, and im the centre were two other Indians, jumping up and down on the ground and singing some unine telligible words to a meaningless kind of tune. Captain Jack was lying down alongside the fire, and the Doctor and his squaw were evidently try< ing the effect of magnetism on his system. Cap< tain Jack’s squaw, a nice looking woman, with @ magnificent eye, soft and full of expression, sat at the head of the bed. After a little quiet work upon his patient the Decter pppeated resently ta get quite excited, and finally turning Captain Jacki on his tace, he ge howl, jumped on his backs laying all over him, and put his teeth in Jack’a shoulder blade. He held on there fora couple of minutes, writhing and twisting his bouy about and then Dave, a stout looking Indian, weigbi about ene hundred and sixty pounds, jumped om top of the Doctor, in order to keep him fn -his po- ition. In the meanwhile the men kept up theif dancing and howling in the middle of the room, being relieved every now and then by fresh re- cruits. Lae papa Dave got off, and the Doctor rose from the body of his patient, and, going up to the entrance of ‘the cave, vomited. All the In« dians ran up after him to see what he threw up, as their belief is that he had sucked all tha disease out of the sick man, and they wanted to see what it looked like. My curiosity did not lea& me to join im the prospecting party; se I sat and watched them bathe Jack in cold water and then continue their rubbing aud singing. I finally re~ jurned to my wickkeup, not at all satistied w: the performance ! had Just seen, as IT was inwardly convinced that Jack would be dead next morning,, and, as such an event might cause a revolution 1m this peaceta) family, the position of the guests im such @ case would be rather unpleasant, IN MRS. WILD GAL'S BED. back to the Tame rancherie | passed agroup of bucks dancing round in a circle and singing a peace song. They all appeared in good humor, judging from the height they jumped, which 1s sald to be graded in uccerdance to their, exact feelings. I found the house pretty full, and, after sitting up for about an hour, ay hoptess, Mrs. Wild Gal, proceeded to arrange the bed. After shaking out the matting the blunkets were thrown. on top, and, taking off my boots, I lay down and made an attempt to sleep, but it was se cold F never closed my eyes all night. If animal warmth could have kept my blooa in circulation I would have been all right, as our party consisted of four | gentiemen and three ladies, all stretched out on @ matting eight (cet wide. THR COUNCIL IN SESSION. A little betore daylight the squaw Matiida got up and lit the fire, and | was glad to Fes a little warm in my fect, After eating a light Dreakiast and smoking a pipe we went over to ‘Captaim Jack’s cave and found the Council already in ses- sion waiting jor our arrival Captain Jack was sit- ting up, supported by his sqaaw, who had her arma around hia waist, and he looked a little better thia morning, as if the treatment he received on tae previous evening had really done him AS soon as we were all seated Captain Jack com- menced his talk, which was translated a8 follows :— CAPTAIN JACK’S TALK. On my Migs ++ know Mr. Meacham ; | sec him long time ago a¢ Fort Klamath; | aon’t kuow which way he comes from now; he tell me truth; Re got plenty of sol- diers; I afraid Ldon’t know him; may be he don’t feet ; I got one heart; maybe Meacham got two hearts; my thoughts strait; I don’t want td svare Meacham; he come here: don’t be alraid, E don’t tell nobody hard; 1 tell truth: tell, my own heart; other chiefs tell lie. [want you, Mr. Puir- child, tell how you know me long time, hear me speak truth; I don’t kaow what I have J tell truth; 1am Yreka man; I conceal nothing; teli truth ail; 1 know good many mep, treat me well, want to fight; I don’t go; I tell you GLAD TO SEE PAPER MAN FROM AFAR OFF: i know you better; not ashamed to talk to white people; | did not steal your horse.” He then turned to me and said:— “Tell your people | just got up in pecccsots thew disturb me; I done nothing. I told them Yreka | men gave me a letter; good words in letter; white men no like; he tell you a lie; you say all right; % don’t want see no more before day. Yeu go home, you fellows; want People to look good; no watch any mere; get up in morning, just look for some~ thing to cat, not blood. I teil him npt going to steal your horse; not ashamed to speak; no shoo! no More want; it all good. These Indians don shootiag: no tell lie. I waut Man done quick no wait long; talk quick. {can tell them to quit Isay boys quit. I got good sense; my boys use m; sense. That's all.” FarecHtLp—Meacham wants to know if whem you say all quit, that every Modoc quit, Captain JacK—My boys think as me; I say quits ‘they all quit; Mr. Meacham maybe got two Soave: | Lspeak with one tongue; these all my people; good sense; give them my sense ; Meac! got too many friends; I don’t want Meacham talk tha | way; maybe hali white good, maybe half baa; alb boys here one mind, want whites all one mind; & | tell nim trath, I won't tell auess; I langh and feeb e to see Mr. Meacham; before fight we same ag | White men; after tight Indian; 1 WANT NO INDIAN LAW, | got no Indiau law; want same taw tor Indian an@ | white man; Indian want to be same as white man; when Mr. Meacham done talking, if he telis no lie: 1 be ame ax white man; Meacham’s side only hi minded, this side all one mind; I go to Yreka; F | Same as White man, Money in pocket, went to stora | my Uuags; | make more friends with white; I tell bey truth, all straight, shake hands, Want no more | bad; Mr. ust not think treachery | from my boys; x act right. Wash all the blood trom these boys; make them same as wo- men; he must not talk that. Igot only tew.men; | Lgot ene house. Sorry white man afraid to travel this road; I like people everywhere. Well, John | Fatrcbild, you look after your cattle; watch them well. I don’t know what chief want to make blood again. Mr. Meacham perhaps not know they were | = to make blu bad; every Indian agent id. Want Mu Meacham talk quick: stop mak- ing blood, I don’t know why send Major Jackson; he want to kill me quick: he bad man; | like to seg nu e tell me lie; he make me crazy; 1 want hint | to talk straight; he came before morning, al) dark. | Ivan came days before; tell me ie come back three tnen; he tell me lie. When Jackson come my gum not loaded, no pistol loaded, no clothes on, m | friends all asleep; I teil the boys all bad; told ail | to ‘ee up. Scar-lace, coming into camp, fall down; gun go off; I tell tum soldiers shoots | they say want to flad Captain Jack; they come istols in hand; me no clothes on.’ | told Major jackson to make acamp, come back and talk. He | don’t want to talk: tell meu to get off; kecp to- Ivan say ciean them all out to-day; kill these Indians; boys wont talk; want to kili these tricks. All soldiers get off: pull off his coats; my | boys get scared, | don’t shoot iirst; they shoot one | of my friends; he fall down dead. Tell’ you truth; | Tdon’t shoot first. | 1 DID NOT WANT TO FIGHT. | He come kill my triend: my triend dead; 1 don't care about dead; let them go: | want good tor ld, when he come first, I quit. They come fight; get all dght: come again, get more fight. [| saw Kiamata Indian;1 tell himE want to quit; no want to fight; he tell me all come ing to fight to-morrow ; soldiers cam, very close, I did not go near: did not want to fight; could have fought them beiore day; did not wantto fight. ¥ tell my boys, and we go any place and fight; my boys not afraid. Did not want to fight them; long time ago Incian get figuting, many of them.’ Big Chie! could not stop them; uow not so many; stop them; want Meacham and one, three or ‘ave come a him not talk ;no gaeing; Want them to come, to be scared, this man from paper afar THIS MAN WITH GOOD BY, he come to se¢ me; he not afraid; see hart hing paper ee Me same story; hear me 3) truth; hear hard stories about me when done talking with white men; Tdid not make first agi everybody good ; I hold up my head; I not ashamed Of first fight; glad to see men come to of hearing squaw talk. That's ail. FAaiRcHILD—What place would you like to hold the mee APTA Glad to talk ; little flat by the lak of the biuil; plenty water and aes: want see white men; I don't want soldiers come; want Fairchild; gone man from afar off come hear, Me speak truth; I want to show my boys to Mr. ll f should have | easily perceive that rather an animated dis- back ou would have had to the | cu was bein; on and that we road the best way you could.” I did not atte! were in seme way or the other the origin of the to ie the ace the al smuat nay that I did not like the look of an je of and We as the Modocs were evidently getting very now to out for Indians, as we were | hot over their talk, and it did not a] r improba- Rearlog the place where Whittle had held his fret | bie that thev would wigd up with @ bh, Such & Meacham ; we don’t want to make gus; meet dows on flat by the lake ; plenty ot water and grasa, Faincii.p—How many Indians come? Mra ham says he bring many soldiers as Indians, don’t like to come with few men to meet alk loca, CaPTaIn Jack—TI don’t like to see soldiers; keep CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.