Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-08

The present seat Of war is on the line be-
tween Oregon and California, and the Indians
are but handful, yet they have succeeded in
killing the only man in the army they feared,
except Crook, and they know he is too far OF
and too busy to interfere.
WHY CAPT. JACK KILLED CANDY.
To any one acquainted with the present
temper of the Pacific coast Indians the reason
for the massacre of Gen. Candy by Captain
Jack is obvious.
A belief exists among the tribes and bands
in the States and Territories heretofore named
that the time of their deliverance from the
domination of the white race is close at hand
1t has long been predicted by the old warriors
and their medicine men, and within the last
three years has gained an almost universal
acceptance When questioned, however, by
those sustaining official relations with them,
most of the Indians deny any knowledge Of
these beliefs or traditions Nevertheless, the
fact that the belief has become almost univer-
sal is we'll known to all intelligent men hav-
ing friendly relations with the Indians.
On page 1863, commissioners report tor
1872, are some statements on the subject, by
N. A. Corneyer, agent in charge Of the Una
tilla reservation, Oregon, to which Superin-
tendent T. B. Odeneal, of Oregon, at the con-
clusion of his report Con page 1852, same book,)
makes the following reference:
A STRANGE AND DANGEROUS RELIGION.
"The Indians mentioned by Agent Corney-
er in his report as being on the Columbia riv.
er, numbering in his opinion two thousand,
are source Of considerable annoyance to the
agents of Warm Springs and Umatilla. They
have new and peculiar religion, by the doc
trines of which they are taught that a new
God is coming to their rescue; that all the
Indians who have died heretofore and who
shall die hereafter are to be resurrected; that,
as they will be then very numerous and pow
erful, they will be able to conquer the whites,
recover their lands, and live as free and un-
restrained as their fathers lived in olden times.
Their model of a man is an Indian they as
pire to be Indians and nothing else. About
four hundred of them belong at Umatilla
agency, one hundred at Warm Springs and
the remainder in the territories of Idaho and
Washington. understand that repeated in
effectual efforts have been made to induce
them to return to their reservations. 1t has
not been practicable for me to confer person
ally with them. 1t is thought by those who
know them best that they cannot be made to
20 upon their reservations without at least be.
ing intimidated by the presence of military
force"
WHO SHALL BE THE INDIAN MOSES?
This belief, substantially the same as off,
cially stated above, has led the Indians in that
belt of country situated east of the Cascade
and west of the Rocky Mountains, tolongingly
look for the coming of their deliverer, and to
hail all unusual natural occurrences as indi-
cations Of his speedy advent. No chief knows
but that he may prove to be the chosen one,
and Capt. Jack in his success will be greeted
as such by great numbers of braves. The
same idea that inspired the first gun of the re-
bellion, namely, to "6re the Southern hear" "
actuated these Indians. The treacherous as
sault in which General Candy was sacrificed
would never have been made had not Captain
Jack and his associates been guaranteed the
cooperation fthe great tribes of all that Sec
tion. 1t was the one thing needed to fire the
Indian heart. The fact that General Candy
and other men were slain is as well known to-
day to the Indians about Fort Benton as to
the people of Yreka. The earthquake which
shook Oregon and Washington Territory last
December was accepted by the Indians as
prophetic of great event in their favor. This
bloody massacre will be to them the fulfil
ment of natures prophecy. Suchis the mean
ing of the lava bed catastrophe.