The New York herald., 1872-12-29


short made a clean sweep. Mr.; Ban Is, OF course
An nxious TO have the hostile Indians extermnated,
but he likewise remarks, en- passant, thst ne
wishes some one would come along and exter-
inmate the soldiers az well.
MAJOR GREENS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
We have received word that Major Green con-
templates to move in this direction at nine O'Clock
tonight Strange to say, the Vancouver troops,
which left ten days ago for the scene OF war, nave
not yet arrived. They were at Jacksonville nve
days ago, and, as it Is only 100 miles over here by
that route, they should have been at Lost River
very slowly. Tne road from Major Green's camp
70 this place is open, and the distance s less than
twenty miles. He can come twelve miles OF the.
way by wagon, thus securing regular transportN
tion Tor his supplies the rest OF the distaDce
over Van Bremer's Hill he win have to send sup
Surround M Captain jack and ssarSa him oss Both
OF these propositions will be diflcult to put in
force Ia the drst place, Major Green has not force
II he could even, Jack too well supplied with pro-
visions to be starved ont In anything like the time
counLed upon as necessary to do IL.
THE INDIANS WELL SUPPLIED.
II must be remembered that when on their raid
the Indians plnndered all the Winter supplies OF
the settlers they murdered, amounting to several
Thousand pounds OF provisions and Ia addition TO
this they had access to hundreds OF cattle which
are running wa on the Gstssrs skirt Of the lava bed
In their 'front.' and they cannot be cut or from 1t.
snow storm, for which Major Green Is praying,
may aid him; but even this must not be depended
upon. The lava country ts known to be directly
over or adjacent TO an extinct volcano, and the
earth :, tnsreanouts is many degrees warmer than
10 lie there longer than twenty-iour hours, and
Oftentimes they melt as they fall, while on the hill
sides near by and on the land not or lava forma-
tion they lie for weeks. So 1t will be seen that
snow Is not likely to interfere with Jack much and
1t may incommode Major Green good deal.
MARKMANsHIP EXTRAORDINARY.
The only way to dsledge these Indians is to
fight them ten to one and 60 into the battle with
cannot well be avoided. Jack has some warriors
who are desperate lighters and are the best shots
s seS9a saS m q h ae % v o@ @es
His wonderful exploit at the fight on Lost River
fully proves this. More than hity shots were fred
at him as he retreated, but he did not even get .
scratch When the firing first began the four
soldiers who were trying to disarm him fred at
Tne old as werro red and A. the st shot W k,ed
Private Thomas Harris; then beginning the most
astonishing series Of Indian somersaults and aero
| same time loading hts gun. volley after volley
were fired after him, but so quick and lightning
aecuTa at ds Evcpv once In wne Wnen he
! got his gun loaded, he would turn a back soruer-
| sault and shoot from under his leg as he turned,
| and, strange to say, he never missed. Although
he had nearly nifty yards to retreat before ne
reached the water, ne fred four times killing one
| man and woundng three. Reaching the river
| bank he plunged In and swan to the Otner side
| and though the bullets few after him thick and
| fast he never received scratch,
/ THE OTHER BRAVES.
Scar-face is q different locking indian from any
OF the Others and this has given rise to the belief
/ u
He Is TALL thin and wiry and is as quick as light
| ming in all MS movements. He fs looked upon by
oil the settlers here as the bravest danger
about the same age, both being In the neighbor-
hood Of forty. Jack Is a low-szed man, but is very
/ digni1ed In his manners When drunk, as he Is
very often, he Is mor0se and qnarrelsome, but at
| other times he Ii harmless He Is said to be very
honorable in ali his dealings with the whites, and
| has long been noted Tor truthfunesS. Bogus
Charley Is the most civilized OF any OF the tribe
He has been associated with the whites all his iie
| Lvvlt tnh 1rhl and fsntn "A Nvtnk
naturally as politician. He is a good-natured
Indian and is believed to be the least dangerous OF
Captain Jacks men because Of his favorable regard
for white men II is believed that ne did not want
| to go to war at ALL Black Jim, Dave and Shack
Nasty Jim, the other principal braves, are despe-
They have all had less TO do with white
people and are fully acquainted with the mode Of
warfare common among us.
REVOLUTION In INDIAN WARFARE
Mr.. Fairchild informed me that about year ago.
as Is their custom, the Modocs had grand feast
| and series of dances. They improved this Oppor-
tunity TO get all the small bands together, with
their Chiefs and hold Kind OF convention, TO re-
Among others, after several days debate and
'big talk, they resolved to abolish Scalping and
al manner OF mutaton OF the bodies Of their VIC
war on women and children, and to this circum-
stance may be attributed the fact that In no In
stance In their recent raid did they molest the
| families OF ranchmen whom they murdered. They
also resolved to wear American clothes and to open
commodty they % might need Many Of, Of their barr
! barOus customs, too, were abolished altogether.
One OF their curious usages was, that whenever q
child was born the happy father had to go out and
pile stones In different places for three days and
nights He was TO work continuously. without
attention OF the Evil Spirit away from the mother
and child during the critical period after birth.
THE PILrPIL DANCE.
Another custom was called the Pfl-pn dance, and
this was simply horrible. At the time when the
young Indian maidens were ushered into woman
hood they were obliged to dance for three success
Mve days and nights without food, sleep or rest or
until they fell down from sheer exhaustion, which
sausws and mothers in the camp would form them
selves into ring The men would be sent away
out Of sight, and then the young girl, stripped to
rible music would strike up and the orgies begin.
Many the girls, am told would dance the allotted
rnve out alter e @
Both these customs were abolished by the COnven-
tion and are now seen no more
THE GARRISON AT FORT KLAMATH.
Fort klamath is almost deserted, the troops all
being with MAJOR Greene. The post Is in charge OF
Lieutenant Robert Pollock, Quartermaster United
He has fifteen men with him, but these comprise
the entire garrison. The friendly Klamath Ind ans
who were at first made use Of in the pursuit OF the
Modocs, have all been sent back to the reserva-
tion, and twenty OF their number regularly en-
rolled as scouts, to act under charge OF Mr.. Dyer
Indian Agent. Just what they expect to accom-
plish does not now appear, for IT is well known
@ where JACK IS and there are ar parties here who can
chooses to 60.
MAJOR JACgsON's REPORT.
have obtained q copy OF Major Jackson's report
OF the battle at Lost River. 1t will be seen that
the Majors estimate OF Indians killed and wounded
Is hardly borne out by the facts. The Major says
CRowLEY's RANCH, LOST RIVER, Nov. %, 1871
jumped the camp Of Captain Jacks Modoc Indians
yesterday morning. soon alter daylight completely
prising them. demanded the surrender Of Captain
Jack, scarfaced Charley Black Jim and others, and d.
rected them lay down their They refused, and
fired upon us We took their camp and drove them to
about half an hour One citizen was killed in the fight
and two others were murdered along the road while
coming along unconscious Of any trouble.
Citizens killed-John Thurber and Wedelin Nuss
Wounded-Joe Penning.
Soldiers kiiled-Private James Harria Wounded
Corporal Thomas Fitzgerald, severely Corporal A. w.
Challindcr; Privates 7. D. Toten, Frank Kasschaier
John r Doye-all of Troop B, First United States
airy.
INDIGNATION AMONG THE RANCHMEN.
There is great Indignation here among the ranch
men that earlier notice was not sent the settlers
on Tule Lake OF the contemplated raid upon the
Indians. II is claimed that had this been done the
lives OF all those murdered might have been saved.
The whole thing seems to have been mismanaged
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