Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-06
END OF THE MODOC WAR.
Surrender Of Capt. Jack
and the Remnantof
His Band.

His Band.
Appearance and Demeanor Of the
Chief Modoc Assassins.
The following dispatch tells the
story of the capture of Capt. Jack
and his half famished band, and the
events Immediately preceding it:
GREENS CAMP, LANGErr's VAL
LEY, LOST RIVER, Oregon, May 81,
evening.-After an examination of
the Modoc captives gathered in du-
ring the present scout under Col
onel Green, ii is ascertained that the
last haul melted thirty-four men,
women and children, thirteen of
them being able bodied warriors;
sixteen rifles of various patterns,
one hundred and thirteen cartridg-
es, and several lean and hungry
ponies. Boston Charley and John
'Schonchin are anxious about the
disposition to be made of them.
The former murdered DR.. Thomas,
and the latter mutilated Mr.. Meach-
am. Boston and Schonchin look
like desperadoes. Each carries his
character in his face. Boston is
about %, and Sonochin is so. The
boldest warrior of the band is Scar
Faced Charley.
Doctor Cobanisse, of Yerka, the
contract surgeon, who is putting
the Modocs into camp this morning,
after sleeping all night in their re-
treat, says Of Capt. Jack: He pre-
sented woe-begone appearance.
The willy warrior sat upon rock in
the centre of Little Lava Bed, few
yards back from the crest of a bluff,
and seemed as lonely as his sur
roundings. He was wrapped in a
faded army blanket, and his head
buried in his hands. His sister
Mary, captured at Willow creek day
before yesterday, talked to him with
tears in her eyes and asked that he
enter our camp. He was sullen and
had little to say. He did promise
that he would surrender to-day. In
the night he stole away.
The Modocs say that Jack is in
sane. There is no method in his
madness at present. He is thought
to be in this neighborhood with
from three to five warriors. There
are twelve Modoc warriors at large
now.
Scouts were made to-day in three
sections of the country by cavalry
under Colonel Perry, Major Trim
BILE and Major Cresson. The war
with the Modocs as tribe is over.
Fighting after a guerilla fashion
will probably be continued until the
last outlaw is captured or killed.
Capt. Hizer's company of Oregon
volunteers, numbering forty, ar
rived in this valley last evening, and
bivouackcd near us. They will have
chance to do some little scouting
to-day.
NEW SCOUTING PARTY SENT OUT.
APPLEGATE's MANSION, CLEAR
LAKE, Cal, June This morning
the troops at the camp in Gazelle
Valley, were divided into several
parties and sent out as scouts
after the fleeing Modocs. Just as
the scouting parties left, the Modoc
captives, with the exception of Bo-
gus Charley, Hooka Jim, Steam
boat Frank, and Shacknasty jim,
were sent to this ranch in charge of
Lieutenant Taylor, Of the fourth
artillery, and small detachment of
men.
JACK AND THE REMAINDER OF HIS
BAND SURRENDER.
APPLEGALE's House, CLEAR
LAKE, June l, $3.50 p. MA Sc
ries of prolonged yells and cheers
aroused this camp from a pleasant
siesta half an hour after the depart
ure of my last courier. General
Davis, General Wheaton, and other
officers, and all the men rushed
from the house and tents to find the
cause of the uproar, and at once the
whole camp was in commotion.
Down the level plain north of the
house was grand cavelcade of
mounted horsemen. The steeds
rushed forward at once at furious
rate, and soon neared the group of
spectators scattered about the prem
ises. captain Jack is captured"
shouted a sturdy sergeant, and again
the valley echoed with cheers and
yells. The mounted command was
that of Perry. He had returned
from q scout Of twenty-threc hours,
three miles above the mouth of
Willow Greek. At 1890 this morn
ing the Warm Spring scouts struck
hot trail. After brief search
Modocs were discovered. Colonel
Perry surrounded the Indians re-
treat. His men were bound to fight.
Suddenly a Modoc shot out from
the rocks with a white flag. He
met Warm Spring and said Jack
wanted to surrender. Three scouts
were sent to meet Jack. He came
out, cautiously glanced around him
moment, and then, as if giving up
all hopes, came forward and held
out his hand to his visitors. Then
two of his warriors, five squaws and
seven children darted forth and
joined him in the surrender. The
command that made this famous
scout was the first squadron of the
First Cavalry, Colonel d. Perry,
composed Of troop f, Lieutenant
Miller; and troop H, Major Trum-
bull, and medical officer Assistant
Surgeon Dewitt. The guards were
G. Pullman and II. A, Apologize.
Jack is about 40. He is five feet
eight inches high and compactly
built. He has a large and we'll
formed face, full of individuality.
Although dressed in old clothes he
looks every inch chief. He does
not speak to any one.
The Modocs are grouped in the
field near the house and surrounded
by a guard. Spectators peer into
Jacks face with eager interest, but
he needs them not he is as still as a