Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-03
The Chief of Indian Assassins
Surrenders, and is Now
a Prisoner.
Captain Jack, the Hero of the Lava
beds, Holds Up his Hands
and Cries Peace.
DIR. .CarbOness's Interview with the
Red DeViI-The Scene and Par
ticulars of his Surrender.

Dan EhAN1ASCOr y hAAC A4Oll5CA4 .
valley, Lost river, Oregon, Green Camp,
May 31st, evening.-After a thorough
examination of the Modoc csptiYes
4 gathering in during the present scout, ,un-
fder Colonel Green, it is ascertainei that
| the lost have netted thirty -four men,
women and children, thirteen of them
! being able-bOdied warriors, sixteen
rifles of various patterns, one hundred
and thirteen cartridges and several
/ lean and hungry ponies. Boston
| Charley and SchOnschin are very
anxious about the disposition TO
/ be made of them. The former murdered
/ DR.. Thomas and the latter mutilated
| Meacham. Boston and SchOnschin look
| like desperadoes; each carries his char
acter in his face. Boston is twenty
eight and Schonschin is fifty. The bold
est warrior of the band is Scar-faced
| Charley. DR.. Cabanisse, of Yreka, the
central surgeon who, putting the Mo
| docs into camp this morning. after
sleeping at night in their retreat, says Of
| Captain Jack: He presented the
MOST woE-BEGoNE APPEARANCE.
The wiley warrior sat upon rock in
the center of his little lava-bed, a few
yards back from the crest of a bluff, and
seemed as lonely as his surroundings.
He was wrapped in a faded army
blanket, and his head was buried in his
hands. His sister Mary, who was cap
tured at Willow creek day before yester-
day, talked with him, and asked him to
enter our camp. He was suIlen and had
little to say, but promised that he would
surrender to-day. IN the night he stole
away. The ModOcs say that
JACK Is INSANE.
There is much method in his madness.
At present he is thought to be in this
vicinity, with from three to five war
riors. There are twelve Modoc warriors
at large. New scouts were made to-day
in three sections of country by the cav
airy, under command of Colonel Perry,
Major Trimble, and Major Cressen.
War with the MOdOcs as a tribe is
over, but fighting after the guerrilla
fashion will be probably continued
until the last outlaw is captured or
killed. Captain Hiser's company of
Oregon volunteers, numbering forty,
arrived in this valley last afternoon,
and the Beranacks near us will have a
chance to do some scouting to-day.
LATER.
NJ VI T..
CAL, June This morning the troops
at the camp in Largelps valley were di.
vided into several parties, and sent out
on scout after the fleeing Modoes. Just
as the scouting parties left, the Modoc
captives, with the exception OF Bogus
Charley, Hooker Jim, Steamboat Frank
and Shack Nasty Jim were sent to the
rancho in charge of Lieutenant Taylor,
of the Fourth artillery, and a small
detachment of men.
$3.50 P. MA series OfprOlonged yells
and cheers aroused the camp from a
pleasant siesta half an hour after the de-
parture of my last courier. General Da-
Wis, General v heatOn and other officers,
and all the men, rushed from house and
tent 70 find the cause of the uprcar. and
at once the whole camp was in commo-
ton. Down the level plain north of the
house was grand cavalcade of mounted
horsemen. The steeds rushed forward
at once at furious rate, and soon neared
the groups of spectators scattering about
the premises.
CAPTAIN JACK Is CAPTUREu'
shouted the sturdy sergeant.
and yells, and the mounted command
.
from a scout of twenty-three hours.
Three miles above the mouth of Willow
creek, at half-past ten o'clock this
morning, the Warm Spring scouts
struck hot trail. After a brief search
the Modocs were discovered. Colonel
Perry surrounded the Indian retreat,
and his men were bound to fight. Sud-
denly the MOdocs shot out from the
rocks with a
WHITE FLAG,
met Warm Spring, and he said that
Jack wanted to surrender; the scouts
were sent to meet Jack; he came out
cautiously, glared about him moment,
and then, as ifgiving upall hopes, came
forward, and held out his hand to his
visitors; then two of his warriors, five
squaws and seven children, darted
forth, joining in the surrender. The
command that made the famous scout
was the first squadron Of the first caval-
ry, Colonel ID. Perry, composed of troop
+, Lieutenant Miller, and troop II,
Major TTumbull and Medical Officer
Assistant-Surgeon Dewitt. The guides
were G. Pullman and II. A. Applegate.
Jack IS about forty years old; he is about
tive feet eight inches high, and COM
pactly built. He has a large and we'll
formed face, full of individuality. AL
though dressed in old clothes, be looks
every inch chief He does not speak
to any one. The Modocs are grouped in
the field near the house, and are sur
rounded by guard. Spectators peer in
Jacks face with eager interest, but he
heeds them not He is as still as q
statue.