, 1873-05-08
CAPT. JACKS VICTORY.

70 r CAPT. JACKS VICTORY.
"Details OF tho Second Lnvn-Isoa Trng-
: cdy--Haosv tho story OF tho slAnabus-
cndo Cnno to Onmp.
Lasa'Bed tAprf 21 ce,respondtnes efths San fran-
ro,r cfss" &C., en,s"ts o,o
tho command was iopoyod as stirrnIaors whiio hits
tho remainder kopt within supporting distance
as Reserves. They slowly elaInherod ovor tho
rocks. moving In nsouthoasterly direction: From
through our CLASSICS. Tho last aeon OF thom they
woro passing around o largo sandlhil, about q
milo and a half of. Once past the laya blum
they woro ,cntiroly lost to view. Tho Warm
spnH s S
sfgnn!od back to camp that no Indians had yot
boon found: As thoy were only to explore Tho
country 3 distance Of about four n1ilos, aud aa
they had encountered no onemy, the gonerei OK
turn boforo nightfall. :: :.
Tho detachment, according to all accounts,
rcaehod its Destination at noon: At the tlme
was watching from the Bignal-statlon tho awoep
onco saw through my gasa! In tic far distance
some commotion IN tho rocka. A closor glance
satisfied mo that the Indians had boen onoorn-
torod Though could neither hear tho cracks
Of any riacs nor 200 tho puirs Of smoke which
gonera,iy succood the fanh Of tho guns, ! was
we'll satisfied, from tho singular movements Of
tho soldiers, that they wero hotly engaged, They
woro running Wildly about, crawling md sreep-
stricken. THO signal -ofllcor At tho station Sig
nnlled Mini, groonc, who at onco wont to tho na-
eistanco of htaj, Thomas' foroo.
About half.past d handful Of atragglers came
into cnmp. They woro foarfully panic-atricAon
and exhausted aftor their raco from the aayages.
Breathloss from clarabefilig over tho rocks, md
too frightened to spoak, nothing Of tho real na-
ture Of tho disastor, could at first bo cleaned
these etragglers III camp wo Lad entertained no
aorioua approximations as to tho safety OF tho
force unler Maj. T4opns. We had con1eotured
that they woro falling back in good order, and
little sas thought Of tho maEtor. But thoso
basely and coYardly deserted their comrades at
tho first fro, brought in terrible tidings. Thoy
aatd tho whole force had beon anbushed by tho
ModocB, who wcro shooting tho aoldierH down
like shoop. They said the force was surrounded
on every sido that all wero or would .bo killed,
and that from 60 to 100 Indians wcre pouring III
calling fro on tho remnant Of tho band.
The roinforcenlensa sont to tho relief of Maj.
Thomas consisted Of four companies two from
camp. stretchors for tho accommodation Of tho
wounded wore also sent along. They reached
Col. Mason's Damp in about an hour and half.
Doployiug aB ekirm}shera to the left Of that
tion ii was supposed tho men wero. We listened
ratfln n}' muahats lr1t mt n a},nt yna hoard
Nioht was ranidlv comnft m ani ro nnrionaIv
1o1tod 70 Far mara intS,1igcna 1 T occnnns of liz
ATht linn that hro,,oht IN ~ t,a rocroant MI.
tyoa syho lad Mt t1a flret ira nna of thon, avs
Tint he left Cant Wright and fifty othcrs in n
i;tt1o 1,oo ~ inS1nv tI1ov iaG ao,;,,t,t ~ ,na
thc l1Iols " ,, ~" 1n;sn Nv. wcre f;nc AVN ruu nv
then, ' from Nil sjdna, whnn In iun,noi out and nd
rau. % How lie lie oscnpod , ho knows not, ' '1>'
,Tbo cayalry. Under Cresaot, md T,imr1c. took
Tho r;,,Lt nn}Ier In lr, h1nff and ann,, io,h
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