Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-04
THE MODOC WARRIORS.

a correspondent gives a description in one
dered, and some facts connected with them.
as follows:
Bogus Charley is quite tall, and, for an In
dian, is white and good looking. He is about
twenty-fo four years old, and only that those
who ought to know say that he is pure In
dian, l should not hesitate to believe that
Charley had white man for his father. The
next most important character was Steam
boat Frank, also young and tall, dark and
sinister looking, with a SCARED eye, and
seeming not over selEpossessed. He in
quired of Fairchild on the way in as to our
laws and the nature of our punishment for
such offenses as he had been committing. He
showed considerable sense in his questioning.
and finally became satisfied that it was the
best thing he could do to conciliate justice by
submission. The next character in import-
ance was the Curly Headed Doctor, a shor,
middle-aged Indian, naturally hideous, but
who had carefully added to natures lack the
deformity of black paint, daubed on to make
him more horrid than pagan idol, and when
saw him | no longer doubted that some of
these savages could be guilty of the barbara.
ties committed on the wounded and dead.
Shack Nasty jim is another young man of
to be really the leading man of the crowd in
action, but Bogus is the best talker and takes
the lead. He speaks English iluently and
well. Shack Nasty jim has been hard
lighter. Hooker Jim, also, came in with this
band. He has been about as bad as an Indian
can be. lie and the Curly Headed Doctor
murdered the settlers on Lost River, and he
has been one of the worst of bad Indians lie
is young, big, stout built, and has as mean n
countenance as can easily be put even on an
Indian Curly Headed Jack is rather good
looking, they tell me. lie was BACKED nm 50
that he wasn't strikingly handsome to stran-
ger. Jack las broken arm, shot in some
battle OF the war. George and Bill are two
Others of the real warriors of the Modocs.
They are both young men, and other Indians
say that, take the above named eight Modoes
out OF Capt. Jacks band, and he has not six
more as good warriors left in command.
Donald Mckay tells me that the Klamaths,
and other tribes who know, say that this Hot
Creek band are the best fighting stock among
! the Modocs. Most of the murders have been
committed by them. They have made tie
most desperate raids, but only Bogus Charley
and Hooker jim were with the party who al.
tackled the Peace Commissioners. ] learn,
since writing the above, that the black on
these Indians faces--ior bucks and squaws
alike were wearing the disfiguremcnt-is
merely tar, worn 10 prevent their faces from
chapping, and that being the case, we wont
judge them too hardly.
interviewed Bogus Charley after Ills band
was camped across the creek and under guard,
and he very kindly counted all his warriors,
and told me there were two warriors and an
old blind man still to come. There were
about fifteen men, and they laid down that
number of guns and several bows and euivers.
Charley said he had not seen Capt Jack for
three weeks, but | am not disposed to put
implicit reliance in his word.
between this band and Capt. Jack. These
fellows told James and John Fairchild o-day
that they insisted with Jack that there was no
use to fight longer, as they understood that
there were 1900 more soldiers coming.