The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-04-26

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cArrAIN JACK.
Captain Jack, the chief Of the tribe. and
'suthor Of the villsinous plot, 10 . full bIool
ed Modoc Of sbout thirty years of age.
though be looks much older He has good
bead. though like oil Indians, the forehead
10 low and rctreating His complexion 10
dark. being bright copper color, and bis
eyes ore black, full and piercing. HE hair
10 long, hanging dowa II the shoulders. and
his face IL entirely destitute Of bcard. HIS
mouth 10 large, and ito shape indicates firm>
uess and determination, though It by no
means denotes cruelty and bssenes-irsiis
which Jack seems to possess above oil 9th
era. lie insists uoon being treated with the
greatest respect by I'll with whom he comes
in contact, and the chief ruler Of forty mill
ions If people could not he greater stickler
tor Official etiquette than 10 this same miser
able savage lie never smiles. Ills greet
Ing of his visitors "a ihcOccssion IT the visit
referred TO WAS . splendid cxhi'"tion OF
Indifference and hsughtincss. notwI,hstand
ing at the time he WAS SO III he could nut
stand up Before this sc, Of trcaci'ery he
vas believed Ia Dr. the soul Ut honor. Set.
tiers In the neigh.'orho'M who had many
dealings with him said that they never
knew Csp,ain Jack TO do u mean or bas'
oct, nor would he knowingly pcrm, any
member Of his band 70 do enc. If any Of
the rsnchmcn ever complained Of any sc'
Of psculasWp or other annoyance. jack WAS
sure " visit punishment upon the heal Of
the offender. He was elected chief Of the
tribe Two or three years aso, and Squire
Steele Of Yreka acted M judge of electio -
Q tact which iIAs always made Steele jacks
fast friend. lie WINS the last man in the
tribc who It would be thought could 30
guilty OF 40 l,ssc IN sct-sn oct entirely oat
Of keeping with bic past character.
JOHN scHoKCHN.
J Inn Schoncl,in, . brother Of "O'd
ScnOnchin," Jacks predecessor In the Office
0f Chief, 10 n,sn about 40 years old. He
iss lighter colored man than jack, but Is .
gnss deal ssoutsr. being broad .shouldered
and quite corpulent. His bar 10 long and
straight and bis eyes small and expression
lssa His face 10 pleasing in expression AMI
he ie much less determined in loOk than the
younger chief. Schoncbin 10 rival to the
plAcc occupied by Capssin Jack, he bcliev
ing that he has hereditary right 10 the
k'dUc throne. Consequently be and Jack
have not been on tho best of terms, though
In their horrible plot they seem to have
worked together. he Is the man who shot
Meschsm and INFLICTED the, wounds from
which the latter - likely % die. Schonchin.
In oil These peacs negotiations. has been
more exscting IN his demands than even
Jack himself. On the occasion Of Steele's
6rst visit u the lava bed, he was lees friend
y than ssy Of the Others He even went ~
for - " accuse Steele Of wishing to talk
With IVA tenguss," and the latter had to
make him sharp speech 10 reply to pre-
vent recurrence Of the insult.
DoeToH CHARLEY,
The man who shot and Instantly xilled the
Rev. d.. Thomas, 10 young l1Indian about
- years old. He b prsctioaiiy white and
his nompIexion qNiis cleae. Hence the
name OF ''Boston" s.vcs him BY the Indians.
which dgni6es ''Whise'" l1s hos 10 history
q oil, and gained ~ prominence in the
tribe until tho peace negotiasioss began,
when be scted y messenger. He was ono
Of the young ssvages who came out 10 FAR
child's with Steele and party to talk to Gen
Csnby abOut the Let Of March. The Gem
ersl srested them Ill very kindly, and their
return for this 10 bic brutal massacre. "Bos
ton" was believed to be ono Of the best dis
positioned Indians In the tribe. He wns
god homored. always laughing and talking,
and seemed u liks the whites better than
the Indiaus, Hsrwss one Of those indicted
BY tbs Oregon Grand Jury for the killing
OF The settlers, but hs wAs known u have
had nothing q oil 70 do with that matter,
bang on the, west side Of the lake 1t the
time.
HOoXA jim,
Il ono Of the worst Indians 10 the whole
uibe. He was the leader Of the hand Who
committed ths murders In December. He
nyoung, not over twenty one or twenty
, tvo. batislsESs sod ppwssfut HI b no,
s4sdos rbus beIosgsA 70 1 land o,
Indians known In Siskiyou ~ the Como
Twshscs." They sre composed Of remnant,
Of several tribes, and have long been regard
ID - thieves md murdsrssa Two Of them
ere In the hva bsd-Hooks Jim and
the "Doctor'-snd even Cap.sn Jack Va,
said to bs afraid OF them. This Indian ha.
. bsd face. He, too, was one Of those wha
coms out with steele, and w4s the only ono
that the CAvosicIs correspondent felt uneasy
with, when on Que occasion on the route be
,ws left fas betiln sluos with him. It Va,
getting late 10 the afternoon, and the party
had got ten mikes 70 ride when they struck
ths "Divsde,"s gap In the mountain t. tn.
South o. NtaIe KLAMATH Lake. There wert
I've whites and fourteen indians. Steel,
" md 1sirchiIis I'D The party. and - they
came out Of the trail and struck the Los
River ruad, Siesls put spurs t. bic horse and
the whole party started for home on . Esl
10y, The Indians riding along heavily armed
With their ise,hers and fox tails flying liks
- ssany psnnauss. They ysllsd and
hswIed, and shs party came down the slop.
like Tying Tsw O'Shsntsn Something get
Ting wrOug with the Nasssiais mass ssddle
% st0ppsd to- AZ Il. which spsk sesriy
n twenty miuusea., Ha,ks Jim sad Curly,
headed Jack, snosher lndias that T. sould
not do 70 trust fsr, seeing The oosregpoaden,
stop, rode on . few hundred, yards sst
stopped also. When she latter mounted b.
ssw bio Own party two mile tshsad esinl
IKE The wind. He Started q, . nm % esact
them and then the two Iadisns joinsd him
a., end I'll three went down The valley on {
dead run. The lndisns Eods, ihsir posie,
one % sithes aide. end eesnsdi 10 u hiehly
licked = the cosrrspOndeasI sDmewhas 40
okl1lSuD hand)inl ut bit hOfoe. Then thav