Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07

SAN FRANCISCO, April pa courier at |
Yreka reports a battle with the Modocs.
Nineteen Federal soldiers were killed, in
Guiding Capt. Thomas and Lieuts. Howe |
and Wright Twenty--three were wound
ed, including Lieut.. Harris. Others are
missing.
The Killed and Wounded Officers.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Capt Thomas
was a son of the late Adjutant General
Lorenzo Thomas; 1t. Howe was q son-in-
law of General Barry, commanding the
artillery school at Fortress Monroe; 1t.
Harris, was the son of Philadelphia fner-
chant 1t Wright, was son of General
Geo. Wright, lost on the steamer Brother
Jonathan
LAVA BEDS, April ga reconnoiter-
ing party ofartillery and infantry proceed
edin the direction of the present Modoc
stronghold, Capt. Thomas commanding.
A dozen Warm Spring Indians are ex-
pected to cooperate.
ModOcs Concealed.
ION reaching the bluff the Modoc fire
drove the troops to shelter. AS usual the foe
was unseen The Indians delivered q cross
and incessant fire. Two were wounded
and scalped when four companies were
sent to the rescue.
Terrible Surprise.
They carried stretchers for the wound
ed, but could notreach them.
LATER.-Col. Green reports the surprise
complete and terrible. Lieut.. Cranston,
of the fourth artillery, is missing. A full
list of the killed and wounded can not be
obtained.
LATER.-The killed and wounded have
been collected and are awaiting conveyance
to camp.
including Capt. Thomas, Lieut.. Howe,
Lieut.. Wright, and eight additional
wounded. The Modocs had the Spencer
and breach-loading rifles. Some are known
to have two or more rifles. The Indians
numbered p, when the soldiers
Took Refuge
in hollow, every egress from which the
Indians commanded. The soldiers could
not show head or hand without certainly
being wounded.
Very Few Escaped,
and the rest were either killed or wounded
The number of killed and wounded of the
Modocs is unknown. Captain Mckay re
ports that his Warm Spring Indians tool
three scalps.
LATER.-A heavy rain is falling.
Col. Green, who went out with reinforce
ments, is momentarily expected
LATER.-lt is difficult TO recognize TN
dead, only from some articles of dress
Their lineaments were
Horribly Defaced.
Eight men were buried on the field, unre
cogniZed.
Lieut.. Cranston, of Battery A, with fou
men, is still missing.
The accommodating force consisted c
Batteries X and A of the Fourth Artillery
and Company E of the Twelfth Infantry
Latest from the Front.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-Sherman ha
an official dispatch forwarded from SchC
field, confirming the lava bed news.
Major Green commanding on the YVES
side of the lava beds, ordered Capt. Thon
as, with seventy soldiers and fourtee
Warm Spring Indians to reconnoiter fou
miles from camp. The party reached til
designated point. The route was complies
and with the exception of the officers an
non commissioned officers, the majority
whom lay stretched on the rocks with til
life blood ebbing fast away the watchwol
was SataUe qui 21eut. During the night Il
Indians We're creeping through the rocl
to scalp and strip the dead.
A Surprise Complete.
A special from the lava bed says: 1t w
fearful trap and the first four shots we
only fired to draw the troops more direct
between the fire of the Indians on Il
right and left and men were resting. \
indians had been seen when the par
was fired upon. A part of the commal
panlcked ana organization IN great mes
ure ceased. Stragglers reached the can
half past one p. NJ. Col. Green went
the assistance of Capt. Thomas, and fOul
his command entirely disorganized al
scattered.
The MOdOcs occupy n Strong Position
The details fully confirm the report
the casualties telegraphed yesterday.
All the officers and part of the men
manned together and fought like hero
but the Indians had secured an advanta,
Gus position before they were discoVert
The bodies of four warriors We're fou
near the scene.
The Indians occupy the rocks four mi
below their old position. 1t will be i
possible to surround them with the TO
here and that en- route,
The report is signed by Gillem.
sherman has telegraphed to Grant a
Belknap for advice.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30-A Gre
dispatch says the people of that place q
SCOTS Valley are fearing general Ind
war. The citizens in the valleys of o
gon, above the lakes and lava beds,
moving away with their cattle and otl
property.
More Indian Troubles.
TORONTO, CANADA. April 30.-Infor1
ton has been received here from so
source and generally reported as relial
to the effect that some American trade
having poisoned two Sioux chiefs, Lii
X nifa and pullinp RulI at a nlace cal