Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-17
INDIAN TREACHERY-DE OF
GENERAL CANDY.


Captain Jack and other Modoc In
dIans, at the Lava Bed in Oregon, on
Saturday last. The particulars Of
the affair are about as follows:
Between 10 and IL O'Clock on Tire day
stated the Peace Commission party, compris-
Ing Gen. Candy, A. b. Meacham, DR.. Thomas,
Mr. Dyer, Riddle, the interpreter, and squaw,
and bogus Charley" and Boston Charley"
went out to designated spot There they
met Capt. Jack, John Schonschin, BLACK
jim, ''Shack Nasty JIM "Elen's Man,"
and "IIawker Ji,ni" They had no guns with
them, but each carried a pistol al his belt.
Ibis, however, was not much noticed, rs in
previous interviews they had had their guns
with them. They sat down in kind OF brok-
en- circle, and Gen. Candy, Meacham, and DR..
Thomas sat together, faced by Capt. Jack and
echonschin. Dyer stood by Jack, holding his
piece, with "Eawker JIM and SHACK Nasty
JIM to his left. Aeacham opened the talk,
and gave a long history of what they wanted
TO do for them, after which Gen. Candy and
DR.. Thomas both talked for some time. Capt.
Jack then talked III an apparently good, serl-
Gus strain, and when he finished stepped back
to the rear, near where Meacham's horse was
hitched. Schonschin then began to talk, and
while he was speaking, Dyer heard cap mi>s
Dire, and looked around, saw Capt. Jack TO
his left with his pistol pointed at Gen. Candy.
This was the signal tor a general massacre,
and a dozen shots were fired inside OF hail q
minute. Capt. Jack fired again on Gen,
Candy, and the noble old gentleman ran OF
to the left, but was speedily shot down and
killed instantly. Meacham was shot at by
Schonschin and wounded in the head he
tried TO draw his derllnger, when two Indians
ran up and knocked him down. DR.. Thomas
was killed instantly by two pistol shots in the
head.
fire AT him, but they knocked his sQuaw down.
Dyer, Riddle and The squax returned in safety
to the camp. About q hundred yards 10 the
west of the place Of meeting was found A. b.
Meacham, badly wounded, With . pistol shot
over the left eye. Fifty yards further on was
the body of the Rev. DR.. Thomas lying on its
face and stripped to the waist. Lie wac ex-
tinct from pistol-shot wounds in the head
The body OF Gen. Candy was stripped Of
every vcslige OF clothing, and lay about one
hundred yards TO the southwark, with two
pislol-shot wounds III the head
The news Of the massacre created
the greatest excitement at Washing
ton, and an order was issued b, Gen.
Sherman, detailing the facts, eulo
giving Gen. Candy, and in effect
J;rect;ny immediate action for the
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eohuiSH PuiileHhio anu S'iiii ha
ton of Captain Jack and his blood
thirsty tribe, which all good people
hope will be carried out to the very
Iot,or TIL nuol-ar ,ol;ov tomor1
pony
the Indians. while rejecting credit
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aOiy on the humanity ana kinuhess
or H.. administration b.o ,,oyaa ,
wy "N''' '''' No. p'o'eN
failure. 1t has ever been our convic-
tloH lhaI mourning Lut tht KNOW IeuSe
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follow Indian depredatiuns, would
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an end TO the Indians which. we hone
ana DelleVe VIII be the policy acted
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In his order Cen sherman Aims
speaks Oh the lie and services OF
Ca,orol C,,I
Thus pcri,hed one of the kindcst and best
gentlemen OF this or any other country, whose
social qualities cqualcd his military virtues
To even sketch his army history would pass
the limits of a general order; and it must
here suffice to state That Gen Candy began
his military career as cadet at west Point in
the summer OF 1859, graduating Iii 1879, since
which time he has continuously served thirty
eight years, passing through all grades 80
NaJor-Gencfal OF volunteers anu brgauier-
Heneral OF the regular army. lie served
his early HE with marked distinction IN The
FLORIDA and Mexican wars, and the outbreak
OF The civil war found him on duty in New
Mexico, where after the detection OF hls sen
lor, he renamed III command, and defended
the country successfully against formidable
nroad from The direction OF Texas. After
wards transferred TO the East, to Il more ac-
tive and important sphere, he exercised var
ious high commands, aud at the close of the
civil war was III Chief command of the Mill
tary DIVISION OF " est Mississippi, IN which he
had received a painful wound, but had the
hohof 10 capture Mobile and compel the sur
render OF The rcbei forces OF the southwest.
Since the close OF the war, he Nas repeatedly
royernment his known ti5cli,v to the wishes
OF the Executive, and his chivalrous devotion
10 ms GoleS>'vn ii a., Oh whlch ms success