Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-24
The MOdoc Campaign.

dispatch has just been received IN lrcka' dated
Fairchild's Rancho, May Goth, 4 p. III.
Cant Hasbrouck left Bnyle's Camp May 7th,
and has been scouting ever since Ills com
mapd consists of battery B, fourth artillery,
troops B and G. first cavalry, aud Warm
Spring Indians, numbering in all 2lO men.
CAPTAIN Jackson had charge OF troops b and
G, with which he hurasscd the euenly. His
men fought we'll in every instance, and paid
little heed to hunger, so that they vanqulshed
Captain Hasbrouck specially praises the
pa]laptry of B troop aud portion Ut u III the
charge at Dry Lake. The men scaled a ridge
twenty-five feet high iu face of the hlodocS,
and drove them away. Captain Jackson led
the right and Lieut. Moss the left, and Lieuts.
Boutellc and Kyle held other hold positions
CAPTAIN Hasbrouck has not lost man since
the Dry Lake engagement. ;, :,
"Artena, Chokus. Lnng Legs Onc-Eyrd
| Dixie and two Modocs, residents ut this rancho
last evening interviewed the five women cap
turcd by Capt Hasbrouck's command, ami
from them cleaned interesting accounts OF Mo-
doc operations dnring the last four months.
The captivcs are Mrs. Wachnlciel Boston
| Charley TWO SlSlcFS, TIC luotnci VI bi",h "i'
| and one maiden whose relatives have attained
no notable distinction.
s'rhey report Shacknasty Frank Shackaasty
Jake, Shack nasty Bill, Steamboat Frank, Ell
lens Man, Jin's Father, Boston Nick and
several other Modocs have been killed and
many wounded Curly Headed Jack carried
piece of lead in his body several days, and
when last seen was apparently booked for the
| happy hunting ground The inability Of Little
John to travel at rapid pace delayed the band
IIasbrouck encountered, and got the band into
their last difficulty
''rhe account Of the cause of dissatisfaction
among the Nlodocs after the battle is interest
ing. Jack consulted stolen chronometer and
after suudry gestures and EXPLANATIONS, prom
ised his followers that they would shed rifle
bullets as the duck does water and escape UNI
harmed The confidence this statement in
spircd was rapidly dispelIed by Capt. Has
| brouck's encounter when sevcra! Nlodocs were
killed aud others wounded. Indignation reign
cd supreme in Jacks household. The Cotton
wood branch of the tribe from Fairchild's de-
cidcd they would fight no more. This resolu-
ton led to jacks clandcstinc departure.
''Ihe Cottonwoods, numbering twenty war
riors and fifty women and children, hurried TO
the snow nlounans at the southern end OF the
lava deposit, preparatory to travelling to the
YainoX reservation, and implorug pardon
from the Great Father at Washington.
The sudden aud unexpected advent Of
| Hasbroucks cavalry and Warm Spring In.
dams disturbed their peaceful mcaitations, and
caused them to run or fight During the
,tappede Mrs, Hendricks, alias Lmpcy, threw
her slx-months-old infant to the ground in the
hope OF escaping, but was soon afterwards kill
cd by a Warm Spring warrior The babe was
brought hither AMI turned over TO a Squaw.
"Artena also learned from the Moduc women
that the Cottonwood Indians earnestly desired
any action looking to restoration of peace
and would yield to the soldiers if an opportu
nifty were offered to them About this time
the Warm Spring Indians, who were outside
| the interviewing apartment, commenced sing
ing one Of their national melodies and drawing
their knives across their moccaslns, which
caused uncasiness among the squaws, and ter
minated the consultation.
CAPTAIN Hasbrouck having said he was will
ing to have the Modocs surrender, the women
took up the idea at once, and wanted to be en-
ployed as emissaries They were permitted to
60 to the Modocs to sec what would come Of
their mission.
| A dispatch dated the Dist, at Fairchlld' 5
camp, gives the following result:
The women, on their return, were taken to
| Gen. Davis's tent, into the presence OF Gen.
lIardie, Col. Gillem and Capt: Hasbrouck.
| Fairchild acted rs interpreter. True to their
| nature they talked long while and said but
| little. Finally Artena said the Indians we're
| fifteen miles from here, and numbered fifteen
warriors and fifty squaws and children. The
Great Spirit had caused their hearts to bleed
| for the white people, and they all wanted to
return to the fold and live in peace among the
whites, but in the present condition of affairs
due regard for their lives prevented them from
| appearing within reach of the army. They
wanted peace talk, and said let the Great
| White Father, meaning General Davis, come
out and see them alone and talk over matters.
Through that medium the parties might come
to an amicable understanding, but no Modoc
| would surrender without peace talk. Dixie
corroborated the statements OF Artepa.
The interview lasted one hour and three
quarters and at the close Gen. Davis told Ar
teua and Dixie to 60 back to the Modoc camp
Thursday morning and tell the Indians he
should not come out for q peace talk that he
did not believe in peace talk away from his
men, and that the Indians must come to him
if they wanted to talk He would allow them
to surrender, aud they had until Friday morn
ing to make their appearance at the hcadquar-
tiers. After that time he should shoot every
Modoc found with gun. The women told
Farchild they would not return to the Modoc
| camp. -, 90,
A dispatch from Yreka to-day MAY 23)
says: From J. II. Mccoy, who just came in
from Farchild's rancho, in eight hours and
fifty minutes, we learn that the Hot Greek
band were brought in by Fairchild's party and
surrendered to Gen. Davis. Their surrender
was apparently unconditional. They, gave up
The band numbered ffiy-fve men, women
and children, including fifteen warriors. Among
the latter are Bogus Charley, Shack Nasty
Jim, Curly Head Doctor, Frank and others,
the best fighting men Capt. Jack had. Boston
is believed to have been killed. The troops
are hunting for Hooker jim.
1t is supposed that there are twenty warriors
with Capt Jack, whose whereabouts is un.
known, though it is surmised he is in the Pitt
river mountains.
A special dispatch to the San Francisco Bull
| letin gives the following particulars of the en-