Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-29
ocXERAL CANBY AVENGED.

80 bis comrades in arms had, lnpart,
uo -angsd his cowardly and treacherous
der As enshrouded and encottined
-, -. associate officers in the war of the
D.hellion were consigning all that was
tel of the Christian soldier and fear
,l.a General to its last resting place, in |
C.own Hin Cemetery, at Indianapolis,
Ava authorities at Washington were being
termed that he died not in vain. The
lime that necessarily elapses in the con-
wing of intelligence from the lava beds
,fNorhern California to the press and
..,vorament. leads us to hope that the \
t,rr which witnessed the final consign-
r,opt of his body to mother earth, may
have also, been the hour of the COM
,,Io,e extinction of the Modoc power,
and the punishment of his internal STAY
ars Ifsuch shall be the result of the
r,ovements already inaugurated, General
CANDY will not only be fully avenged,
hrt his death, as sad an episode as it will
olways be in our countrys history, will
nroye the safety of the settlers in Oregon.
and northern California. If it is, as the
Latin poet tells us, sweet and pleasant to
lie for ones country, how much more
go "a it when, by so sacrificing his life, he
works out, unconsciously perhaps, the
salvation of his country or, even, part
thereof. Such now appears to be the
immediate result of the bloody tragedy
of April 10.
The particulars of the battle which
Tod TO the surrender of portion of. the
hand are meagre, and are thus summar-.
i,qd by General Schofield, commanding
,ho department Colonel Davis re-
.,orss that about half of the Modocs, be-
inn whipped and hard pressed by Has
hrorcl,. Naye surrendered uncondition-
ouv Colonel Davis says he will push
the pursuit Of Jack and his party, and
homes to end the war soon" General,
ar Colonel, as he is called in the tele-
Gram. Davis is entitled to the credit of
this victory. His promptness, energy
and military skill had been more than
once demonstrated to the country, and
tbe officers and soldiers of his new CON-
maDd had reason to believe that his ap-
pointment to, and assumption Of, the
control of the movements of. the army
of Modoc fighters "meant business, anc
events have shown that their faith was
NOT rroundless. "He found the officers
and men disheartened by their terrible
oversees and decentralization had really
M, omenced,' says our dispatches, an(
rood, w can we understand and believe it
Tbe.hi tory of the campaign, from thu
.Iorrhter of General Candy down to tn
annearance. of General Davis, has beer
marked by tie incoNpetency OF the gen
eraI in comma nd, the blood of our OF
acers and men, repeated d,>feats OF gu
forces, their apparently neeo. Sss sacr'
fee in treacherous ambuscades, ,'ua d
almost complete immunity to the say 'as
foe. His appearance, however, infused
new life into the remnant of the troops
and active operations at once com
menced. No longer were forty or fifty
miserable Modocs to be allowed to set a
defiance the power of the United States
No longer were two scores of savages t.
be permitted to believe and prove tina
they were able to cope with thousand
of trained soldiers The Modocs ha
entered into war, and war it was to be
As soon as the necessary time had bee
consumed in becoming familiar with tn
situation and the obstacles to be owe
come, active, aggressive hostilities wei
commenced. The officers and me
alike, actuated by patriotism, a desil
to avenge the death of their cOmrade
and the belief that, under their ne
leadership, success was at hand, entcrt
upon their work with a.new spirit an
determination, and victory has crownt
their endeavors. Thus, one lessC
taught by the rebellion has been pract
cany followed and its truth enforce'
The results achieved by an army DEEPER
as much upon the officers as the rar
and file; and no army, no matter no
brave and patriotic, can accomplish an
thing without competent leaders.
The reception of the surrendered M
docs, also, illustrates General DaV
capacity to deal with this ca ass OF en-
mics. The Indians, being den 'orallz
by Hasbrouck's victory, were in, 'ilhI
to peace, or, perhaps, on the ple,.N
amity and goodwill, sought another OF
portunity, by insidious murder, for stril
ing terror into the hearts Of the whites
They wanted a peace talk, they sale
but "let the great white father come OF
and see us alone and talk over matters.
Thus, they said, an understanding misl
be reached but under no circumstance
would a Modoc surrender without
peace talk. " 'SThe great white father
General Davis-was not at the Law
beds for "peace talks" he was after IL
Modocs, peaceably if they would disar
and surrender, by force of arms if the
preferred that alternative. He, ther
fore, gave them distinctly to understar
that he did not believe in "peace talks
away from his men, but that they mu
come to him not he to them, and that
they did not surrender in two days
"would shoot every Modoc found Wi
gun" This kind of "peace talk
opened up to Bogus Charley and cor
pany some new ideas in reference to t
'peace policy" and they made haste
escSpe from the punishment thus prof.
Used them. General Davis, after the 8
rival of Bogus Charley and his mot
band of followers in camp, continued
enforce this sensible "peace policy,
informing them that anyone trying :.
run or escape would be shot dead II
tracks. The practical enforcement
this policy asexemplifed by Gener'
3 Davis, Croeke, Sheridan, Custer a.
others, will give us comparative securl
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