Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-06-19
MODOCERY.-
Captain Jack Tells His Story
Aptitude, of the Noble Red Man
for Lying Out of Scrape.


SAN Francisco, June 1.-THE fol-
lowing dispatch from Boyle's Camp.
dated the sth, says Captain Jack spoke
as follows to-day, when in the first in
lterview with General Davis he tried
ito implicate Allen David, the klamath
Chief, who denies being present when
General Candy was killed:
81 don't know how to open the sub
ject about Allen David. Ireceived, q
message last winter in the lava beds
by, old Sconchas, a sub-chief of his,
from Allen David, as follows: Il don't
want you to lower your gun, and fight
like squaw, but you must fight like a
man. At first thought the message
was a lie, but it came so, and after I
believed. wasabout to lay down my
arms when I got the message. Allen
David told Sconchas to tell me to fight;
that he thought the whites were going
to fight him, and he would soon let
Jack know what he was going to do.
Allen said hold on to your guns and
ammunition. and will join you in a
few days. lam selling property to buy
powder. Allen said don't act like q
woman; be man. have lots of fpeo-
pie, but want to get guns first. What
ever offers the Commissioners may
make don't believe what they say; they
are trying to fool you. sIssoJ 1nenir.s
II was going to give up and surren-
der when 1 got this message. ex-
pected when I killed the Commissions
ers Allen David would be with me the
next day or very soon, and I had al.
ready given up my arms. I ate food
from the. Government and did not
want to do any fighting after eating
their food. When I got this message
it made me feel as though r acted for
Allen David and expected him to Join
me soon. Allen David caused me to
leave the reservation. I had bad feel
ings toward the Klamaths, but so
many such messages came believed
them and thought he meant it, and SO
I acted, He and I are no more good
friends, but he urged me to do this
thing. Last winter i was going where
ever they, wanted me, and wanted
some quiet place not on the rocks y 1
"Allen David was always posting
me UP; the klamath Chiefs said some
and they talked as though Alien David
was big Chief. He said we must not
thii:k the Klamaths were women;
they werenot going to lay down their
armi for the whites; I had all the
trouble and to do all the fighting; he
did not help and it looks as though
they tried to get me into the scrape.
81 want you to know why l, COM
menced this war last winter on Lost
river. Applegate and Brown came
came down and said big Chief was
coming to talk, and we, must go on a
reservation. Soldiers came and sur
rounded us before day; they held no
council; I did not expect that; 1 was
asleep; I told them not ito shoot, and
when my boys got their guns the SOL
diers fired the first gun. L did not
think they wanted to talk; after the
soldiers began firing on my people
some of my boys fired back; I did not;
I took my things and ran away as fast
as possible. r. s9i-H..i ..--,i- zu'f.
''Old Schonchin, from the reserva-
tion, said he had nothing to say him
sell; that he only brought the message
from Allen David. AS to Gen. Cam
by's things he had on, he said, 81 can't
say anything about it; 1 went away;
the boys who killed Candy got the
things; L was there, but went off as
soon as l found I could not stop them" !"
Capt. Jack, in his interview with
Gen. Davis, said Bogus Charley and
Shack Nasty Jim killed Gen. Canby.-
Allen David, the Klamath Chief, ad-
vised them to kill Gen. Candy, and so
they did it. am telling the truth, I
did not kill him. / had it done, but
did not do it. Bring the mon that saw
me do this thing, want to face them.
If had my chains of I would tell all
the men who did these things"
Schonchin says he did shoot at Mea-
chem, but all the Modocs knew he was