The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-10
THE MoDoC PRISONERS.
Attacked by Two Armed Women.
Gen. Davis InterReres ana Gets a
slight wound.
IDENTIFYING THE MURDERERs.
SAY FRANcIsco. June O.

"A dispatch was received at Yreka from
Boyle's Camp on the Tule Lake peninsula,
dated June 9th, as follows: "Soon after
the arrival of the Modoc prisoners at this
camp Gen. Davis sent word to the settlers
in the Tule Lake and Lost River country
that he desired them to come in and identi-
fy the murderers in custody, and the stolen
property recovered from the Indians.
Among those who responded to the call
were Mrs. Boldly and her daughter, Mrs.
Schiera, two of the women who were wild
dowed by the Modocs. They tell the fol-
lowing story:
THE WIDOWS STORY.
Messrs. Boldly and Schiera took up three
quarter sections of land near the mouth of
Lost river, last August, and settled there
with their families On the morning of
Nov. Goth, Capt. Jacks band of Indians
were attacked on Lost river by party of
volunteers and compelled to retire. Hook
er jim and his party of Modocs were on
the north side of the river from Capt. Jack
but knew of the latfers defeat, and during
the forenoon of the same day, Boldly and
Schiera were murdered by Hooker Jim
and his associates while they were cutting
wood and herding sheep within mile of
their house utterly unconscious of danger.
THE FIRST HINT OF THE TRAGEDY.
The agent of the Yainox reservation had
promised the settlers that any offensive
movement against the Indians should be
known to the whites in time to afford them
an opportunity to.obtan selfIrefuge, but the
messenger sent by the agent failed to per-
form his duty thereby facilitating the mas
sacrc, and the arrival of Boddy's team
without driver and blood upon the wagon
was the first intmation of the terrible trag-
edy the poor woman received. Before
noon they found the bodies of the muir
dered men stripped of all their cloth
ing, at different points. Within few
miles of the house they also met the Mo-
docs Hooker Jim, Long JIM Curley Head
ed Doctor, One Eyed Mouse, Rock Dave,
were all implicated in the massacre. While
the Indians went to the house to find other
male victims, those women made their es-
cape and Travelled day and night, suffering
many hardships, and reached the house of
Mr.. Rupp IN completely exhausted condi-
ton. Gen. Davis received the women
kindly, heard their story, assigned them
tent, and promised to assist them to recover
their stolen goods.
THE wOMAN's ASSAULT
This morning Hooker jim and Steam
boat Frank, who had just returned from
scout after three or four missing Modocs,
were taken to the tent occupied by these
women. Hooker Jim was identified by
Mrs. Boldly, as one of the Indians concern
ed in the massacre. In response to some
remark about the robbery of the house,
Hooker Jim said that Long Jim took the
'long purse" and he (Hooker JIM took
the short purse. At this point of the in
tcrview the women became greatly excited,
began crying. and losing all control of
themselves, started in for desperate work.
Mrs Schera dew pistol and went for
Steamboat Frank and Mrs. Boldly drew
knife and dashed at Hooker jim. Gen.
Davis intcrposed and disarmed both the
women, receiving in the struggle slight
wound in the palm of his hand near the
thumb from the knife in Mrs. Boddy's
hands. The savages during this scene
stood like statues; they neither spoke nor
offered resistance.
CAPTAIN JACKS TROUBLES.
1t gals Captain Jack and his comrades
in custody to see Hooker Jim and Steam
boat Frank travelling to and fro at will,
and armed at that. He does not under
stand the consequences of turning states
evidence. This afternoon he became great
ly excited and gave vent to his rage in a
fiery Grafton. He rose in his chair with
Schonchin, and in a strong and impressive
manner secited his grievances. The pur-
port of what he said is told by Scar-faced
Charlie: "He is mad" says Charley, "to
see that the white men no treat all alike
He also complained that while in the lava
beds, portion of his fellow captives were
waning in their sympathies with him. An
officer of the guard came in and compelled
him to desist in his wailings. There are
now one hundred and thirty-one murderers
under guard here.
AN INTIMIDATING MARCH.
BoYLE's CAMP, June Z.
Gen. Davis proposes to take the cavalry,
light battery of the Fourth artillery, and
the infantry, and march through the Klam-
ath country to Forts Warner and Kearney,
and as far north as Walla Walla, for the
purpose of intimidating the Indians Pre-
liminary orders for this movement have
already been issued.
sHACKNAsTY JIM, EFT AIS
FAIRcHILD's Rancho, June 8, "a. NJ.
Yesterday morning John Fairchild and
his brother Burgess, together with Bogus
Charley and Shacknasty Jim, left here fol
Boyle's camp, on the peninsula, with the
Modoc prisoners captured in this neighbor.
hood Other Indians are lurking in this
vicinity and they will likely be captured in
few days.