Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-18
Respect Paid General Canby's Re-
mains at Yreka--. .SchOfield's
Order for Active 0pe-
ratiORs.
Additional Particulars of the
Massacre Of the Peace COM
missiOners--The Devils
Watched.
Nothing Short of determination
will Satisfy the Government
Alas, Poor LO!

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-THE re- !
mains of General Candy and DR.. |
Thomas reached YFeka this evening.
A procession of citizens went to receive
them. The flags are at hait-mast.
DelanO was hanged in et1igy at Yreka.
The bodies of Mason and DR.. Thomas
will be sent to this city. The following
additional particulars OF the massacre OF
the peace commissioners Were received
Captain Anderson was at Colonel Ma
sons camp when the attack was made
ON the peace commissioners. Tne party
saw Lieutenants Sherwood and Doyle,
were allured out from camp by white
flag. They went about i've hun
dred yards when they met what they
supposed were only two Indians
who said they wanted TO talk to Little
Tvee. "Colonel Mason" They were
told they did not want to talk, and Ior
the Indians to 90 back TO their camp
aud they would return to theirs AS
they turned around the Indians, four in
number, fired upon them, Woundlhg
lieutenant Sherwood in the arm and
thigh. the latter being very serious the
bone having been shattered. Captain
Anderson. who was on duty at the sig
nal station on Hospital Rock, saw
Mainly the attack upon Colonel Mason's
front. and telegraphed General Gillem
| to notify the peace commissioners i'm
mediatelv. Colonel Biddle, who was at
the signal-statiOn at Gillem's headquar-
ters when this message was received, at
once placed his field-glass upon Gen
eraI Canby, as the party sat to-
gether, being about a mile distant,
and very soon the whole party scattered.
| He followed General Candy with the
glass while he ran about fifty yards,
| threw I'D his arms and fell backward
dead. Two of the Indians who were
/ following him jumped upon him.
One. believed to be Captain Jack,
stabbed him in the neck, and he was
completely stripped. DR.. Thomas was
also entirely stripped; his purse, con-
tanning about sixty dollars, was found
/ under his body, the Indians having
dropped it. Mr.. Meacham was shot In
three places. one ball entering at
| the inner corner of his right
eve, and another on the side OF
his head. These are both believed
TO have lodged within his cranium, the
third passing through the right fore
arm, He also received cut on his
right arm and a scalp wound five inches
in length. He was found about tity
wards from the spot where the slaughter
began, in a direction opposite to that
taken by General Candy. He was en-
tirely stripped and bewildered in mind.
The captain spent an hour with MIN,
Yesterday morning. He was conscious,
and in no pain. Meacham says that ne
thinks he shot SehOncbin III the abdo-
| men, and blood was found which lndl-
Gated that one of the Indians had been
| wounded The soldiers who were ready
started on the double-quick immediate
ly upon the firing of the shots, and mel
Diar. and Riddle and his wife, before
they were half way to the camp.
The Indians retired from their retreat,
six hundred yards in advance OF the
soldiers, who followed them half mile
beyond the scene of the murder and re-
mained till dark, and were Withdrawn
! az thev were not provided with supplies.
To-day would be spent in closing upon
+, the red devils, and If general assault was
not made it certainly would Tomorrow
: General Schofield sends the follow
; ing dispatch to Colonel Gillem: "Pleast
inform me fully of the situation, so
NAV send more troops, if necessary, ol
if the Indians leave the lava bed, may
: send troops to operate against them IRON
2 another direction. Let me know fully
what YOU wish. ] suppose you have
l force enough to destroy the outlaws
! unless they elude you. Nothing shor
| of their prompt and sure destruction
will satisfy the ends of justice. or NEE
the expectations of the government.
The remains of General Candy anC
( DIR. Thomas have been lying in state 4
i the Yreka Masonic hall all day. The.
/ have been visited by nearly the who'll
: popuiatiou. Over a thousand person
t have passed in. At twelve o'clock tn
:. children of the public schools, number
I ing about two hundred, passed in pro
f ceSsion by twOs. The collins ar
: wrapped in the national cOlOrs ant
,, streWn with wreaths of flowers. Al
Y EXPRESSION of great sorrow IS Wis
: ible in every cOuntenance. TIT
V horrible massacre seems to be
: terrible thing. General Canby's re
: mains will be forwarded to Portlan'
|, this afternoon by stage, in care of tn
e generals aide, Captain K. II. Anderson
t They will be met at RosebuTg, Wednes
/, day evening, by a special train iron
r Portland. DR.. Thomas's remains leaV
: for Redding by private conveyance a
e two o'clock this afternoon. They WI
: arrive there Wednesday evening. The,
0 cannot go by stage, ONIuS 70 the eP,
C zootic at the southern end OF the road
d 4 special messenger returned t
e Yreka to-day from Lavabed. Nothing
a definite has been heard from the seat G
Y war. There had been no fighting up I
S the time the messenger left. Ammuui
V ton and supplies have been crowde
n forward. A dispatch says the surgeo
= had extracted four bullets from Meaeh
e am's wounds, but there is little hop
n that he will recover. There ar
I'll various and conflicting rumOrs as t
/ when the attack will be made; som
} saw to-day; some, tomorrow. The
IF are awaiting the arrival of the war;
II sDring Indian scouts, to be used betwee
% the lines of Colonel Gillem's and Cole
Df mel Msson's command. They, with tn
l. cavalry making third line, are all aC
yancing together from the north, sOutf
east and west. 1t is believed the ba
j, tie will be hard one. No Oquarters wi
= he shown the Modocs. The Pit rive
Indiaps remain quiet and peaceful, bl
- the escape of the MOdocs will be th
q danger. Every horse at Hot Spring
q q Surprise Valley and Big Valley
10 down with the epizoOtic.
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