Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-29
TEE MoDoc WAR.

surrender was apparently uncondition-
al. They gave up their arms and were
put under guard The band numbered
tifty-fve men, women and children, III
Guiding fifteen warriors. Among the
latter are Bogus Charley, Shack Nasty
Jim, Curly Head Doctor, Frank and
others, the best fighting men Captain
Jack had Boston is believed to have
been killed. The troops are hunting
for Hooker Jim. r7....l..
! 1t is supposed that there arc twenty
warriors with Captain Jack, whose
whereabouts is'unknown, though it is
surmised he is in the Pitt River Noun
taihs. ~- $50 80 ri,
General Gillem has been superseded
Generals Wheeton, Hardie and Gillem,
Lieutenant Rockwell and others are
expected from the front this evening,
when further particulars Of the surren-
der will be obtained. '-l s-3'
Mccoy says General Davis was very
bluff with the Indians, and gave them
to understand if they attempted to
escape they would be shot by the
guard. -. -'-
A. b. Meacham, ex-Peace Commiss-
Toner, arrived this morning from Salem,
Oregon. The object Of his yisi. has
not TRANSFERRED. -:
! -. PARTICULARS OF THE SURRENDER.
SAN FRANoIsco, May PA special
to the Bulletin giyesshe following par
ticulars Of the surrender of the Hot
Spring band of Modoes:
FAIRcnILp's RANcnE, May %, 2 P.
NAT one o'clock this afternoon One
Eyed Dixie returned to General Davis
headquarters at a slashing pace, his
horse being completely blown. lie
made obeisance, and at once let his
tongue loose, reporting that the Indians
were close at hand and ready to enter
the camp under escort. All they ask
ed was for Fairchild to come out and
meet them. No soldiers need come.
The presence Of Fairchild would be
considered guarantee of good faith
ssWhere is Artena?". asked General
Davis. cited up" said Dixie.
The absence of Artena gave rise to
suspicious of foul play, which were on
ly dispelled by her sudden advent.
| She too reined her foaming cayuse be-
fore General Davis, and said the In
dams were lowering about the hills
near here yearning to surrender to the
Typee, Fairchild, Blair and two other
/ employees of the former, with whom
the Indians were acquainted, mounted
| swift steeds, at the request Of General
Davis, and started with Dixie.
ST. M.-The news Of the intended
surrender Of the Indiaps spread through
the camp like wildtire. Soldiers,
Warm Spring Indians and scouts were
alike elated at the prospect ola peace
full victory.
The squaw Dixie told General Davis
before she started the Modocs feared
the soldiers would kill them the instant
they entered the camp. 1t required a
great deal Of diplomacy to convince
her that the soldiers did not dare to
disobey his commander Donald Nc
Kay, Captain of the Warm Spring In
dams, also had to pledge his word that
the scouts would not interfere.
/ Dixie would not leave, but Dixie had
very little choice, She was told the
Government did not intend to trife
any longer She might go to the Mo-
does or mot, according to her own
wishes, but she must leave the camp.
The great Typee wanted no squaws
| about here. .-..
She saw the point of the argument
and no longer hesitated. That is why
she changed her mind this morning af-
ter she had decided not to carry any
more messages to the Modocs. ss
FA1RcnlLp's RANcHE, May %, p. M.
'Here they come" was the cry that
startled the camp few moments since,
and brought every person, citizen and
soldier, old and young. to hin feet, hur-
rying forward tothe cut Of the hill, west
of the camp. l secured an excellent
view of the scene beyond the process
ion that was slowly creeping along in
this direction. First came Blair, man
ager of Fairchild's Rancho, mounted,
fifty yeards behind him was Fairchild
and further still, twenty Modoc bucks,
with their squaws and pappooses.
Never did procession move more
slowly. A few ponies ridden by the
Modocs We're gaunt and weak, and
seemed scarcely able to bear the wo
men and children who were literally
piled upon them. Among the bucks
were Bogus Charley, Steamboat Frank,
Curley Headed Doctor and other of
lesser note. They were dressed in
motley CARDS, nearly all of them wear
ing portion of the regular uniform of
the United States army, and every
buck carried a Springfield rifle. The
women were dressed in clothes that had
evidently been used by the fair sex
within these confne of civilization.
All of them entered the camp, at
funeral pace. All noise among the
soldiers was hushed, and few words
were spoken. The Modocs said moth
ing General Davis came forward, He
met the procession fifty PAGES from the
house, and was formally introduced
to Bogus Charley.
Charles is q slender, athletic, intelli
gent warrior, of about twenty years of
age, thorough understands and speaks
he English language. He smiled