, 1873-06-08

| ing regard to hls PROMISES, thoueu IL
olamors and 1aments Of his people dinned da
aud night in his ear, as the cries OF Israel cam
up to Moses and Aaron in the desert. Only th
presence OF the troops prevented bloody out
breaks from occurring continually. But At last
as before stated, in 1870, Capt. JAck-althougl
man Of mean quality, coward, md
4 THoaouaH-pAcED RASCAL
won the majority Of the people from old Soon
chin BY siding with them against the treaty
and, finally, presuming upon the imbecile rule
of the reservation, boldly marched away from it.
and returned to tho Modocs' ancient homo OF
Lost River. Some weak attempts were mau
TO- induce him to return; but, presently
the whole matter was dropped, and he ant
his followers were allowed to roam With
eI they would To remedy the ineradicable hos
l. tillty between the Modocs and the klamath Lakt
Indians, new set OF reso1 vat,on buildings wat
established on the eastern end Of the reserve, II
Sprague Rlvor Valley, aud called Yainax Res
eryntion; y to which the remaining 100 alodocs
fatuousneas worthy Of the Indian Bureau, roc
( Klamath Lake Indians wore also brought with
them and thus the old elements OF discord
were perpetuated.
There was third band Of tho Modocs
split of, numbering only about forty, called the
| "HoT CREEK MoDocs,
! who acknowledged neither the authority o1
Sconehin nor OF Capt. Jack. Ranging On Hot
| Greek, Lower Klamath Lake, and Butte Crock,
under the quaai protectorato Of MeBsrs. Fair
child and Doris, they depo1ted themselves with
comparative propriety, and were quito inotfen-
sive.
Meantime, for two or three years, Capt. Jack
and his renegados roarned, without lot or hind
rance, throughout the whole region along Lost
River, Clear Lake, and the adjoining waters,
and even penetrated, sometimes. as far east aa
| Goose Lake, s1aughterlng certain cattle strayed
awny from the herds ownoa BY settlers Oh the
eastern shore Of tho luke. They drove with
| them everywhere their immense bands OF ponies,
| over Government iauin Oyer reservation
| lands, over claims OF settlers,--
CoNTEMPTUoUBLY ED1FFEnEST
to all compleinta and renonstrancc5, and de-
pasturing vast bodies OF grass to good purpose.
| Many Of the residents of those claims were
bachelors, necessarily absent good part Of
the day herding their cattle; and into their
cabins the Modocs would force their way,
| and commit petty deprodations, or per
| petrate uncomfortable indecencies. II the
settler left q wife behind him, they
would compel her to serve thom, fling water
| about the house, whoop, yell, bang tho doors,
snatch articles out Of the cupboard, and bohhvo
| generally with outrageous and aboulinable inde-
oency. For several months, every summer,
| sconchin's Indians would be furloughed from
! the reservation, and come down on Lost River
and tho lakes. They would also bring hundreds
| upon hundreds Of ponies along, to graze though
| leaving many behind upon the reservation; but,
| aside from this ofcnse, they
| BEHAVED WELL ENOUGH GENERALLY.
It was the universal sentiment Of
the eetllers that they would make
7ey, little complaint over the loss
enough, and rich enough in grass, heaven wot
to maintain all that will ever get into it for the
next twenty years. But what they did vigorous
" protest against was, the promiscuous running
to and fro OF the impudent savages and the in
to1erable pother they made in their families. As
early Us the summer of 1874, there was q fierce
and menaoiug undercurrent Of talk running
among all the settlors Of that region, especially
On the Oregon side. 1t Was evident that there
was needed only slight occasion Of mischief
doing to bring forth bloody outbreak or mas
sacra.
On the part Of the reservation, whnt were the
manifestations It WAS and il argued, that the
altitude OF the whole klamath Reservation ia so
considerable as to preclude any useful cultiva-
tion Of the cereals, and hence, Notwithstanding
the enormous dimensions Of the reserve, it was
necessary to furlough the Indians good while
every summer, to gather roots and fish outside
Of it. But no excuse was made, OR
COULD BE MADE,
for not bringing back Capt. Jack-at laaet, dur
ing the winter. As things were managed in that
latitude, the Indians were not at all to be blamed
for wanting their annual furlough; for it was
with them absolutely one of two things-dig
keep cattle instead Of ponies, they might have
subsisted fatty on their flesh; but they had not,
and there was no one to advise them. 1atna1
may bo too frosty for the successful production
OF wheat, ana require 70 import ~ ,UOu pounG3 OF
flour o year; but it exhibits fine, spacious field
Of that cereal in an advanced stage OF growth,
and new thrashing- machine. It is d good lati-
tude for hotel~keeplng, and Governments rations
are chenp to the traveller at 50 cents meal,
when thero is no other stopping-plac for sixty
miles on one side, and twenty On the other The In
dlan, With nus one annual shlrt and hia stomach
nan,tun OF Ioots, On frosty and nlpplng morn
tng iooks @ lnto r tne coy onnns-room and sees q
Pamperea Cnnaman .t1N eerving resofpatlon 1aml,
y ana g1esIs lIne t1aeelorS) W1tn nos, creased
cakes OF uo9etnment nou1. f.; IL Wonio not A.
swer 70 haFe an indian IN there cooking, Tor he
might sar1epunously hana Elctuals out OF the
~a'uoM h 70 NJ men, ano 1ne hotei iaroef
De pa poank1uptea.
But every lntengens reader kno"s' too we'll
- H.. The slGAESlSo u srohY
pi. ~ tae ot avet4ge no1an reseivauon. 10 VINO
~ - IaPt: ysia ~ nos "at.ns W ~ oscA
detv tat schonchn voluntarily @ T rode tortv ss
to .,et hia fnr1onoIi renawad Tha Wodo:a ,rare
chained tiger, tamperad with By fools They
let him play to the end Of his chain they pulled
it, they coa1ed him. they threatened. they threw
him crumbs, they let him go again. He snarled.
aud they coddled him. They begged him to
come back they advised him to cone back
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