Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-24

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Candy got up and ran in a southerly |
direction, followed by Captain Jack and |
Shack Nasty Jim, who both fired at
him. The poor old gentleman ran about
fifty yards, when he threw uphis hands
and fell.
Bogus Charley, Shack Nasty Jim and
another Indian then threw themselves
upon him and, after stabbing him in
the throat, stripped him of everything
he had on. They did not leave a YES
tige of clothing on his body, and the
only portion of his apparel found was
small black neckhe.
Mr.. Meacham rose at the same time
as General Candy, to receive a bullet
from the pistol of John Schonchin, but
he ran off a snort distance, about seven
ty or eighty yards, and then fell shot in
four places. His murderers then strip
ped him to his undercliothing and left
him, as they supposed, a CHASTITY, bleed
ing corpse. Poor DR.. Thomas was shot
through the head in the first fire by
Boston Charley, the treacherous brute
who had breakfasted with him the same
morning. He staggered a few yards
ard fell on his knees, at the same time
asking Boston Charley to spare his life.
The fiend replied by firing another bull
let through his head, and, at the same
time, Bogus Charley said to him, "Why
you no believe squaw?" Boston Char
ley, after stripping the body of Dir.
Thomas to the waist, ran to where
Meacham was lying and commenced
scalpirg him, when the squaw lobe
shouted, "The soldiers are coming p
and the cowardly devil ran off. Mr..
Dyar was standing on Jacks right when
the first shot was fired, and he imme-
diately turned and ran for camp, fol-
lowed by Hawker Jim, who fred two
shots after him. Dyar, thinking that
Hawker Jim was gaining, drew his Der
ringer, and, turning round, snapped it.
The pistol did not go off but the cow
ard no sooner saw the weapon than he
wheeled and ran back to where the rest
of his party were finishing their bloody
work. This whole scene was enacted in
very few minutes, and before the
troops got on the ground the murderers
were safe in their rocky fastness.
was lying down in my tent reading,
| WuGu bllOuU blluU Cdlll6 lIOul
above me at the signal station" They
are firing at the Peace Commissioners
General Candy is killed !" 1 rushed
out just as the bugle notes were calling
the men to arms. Colonel Miller's and
| Major Throckmorton' batteries of artil-
lery were soon skirmishing across the
rolling ground between the camp and
the scene of the murder, followed close
ly by Colonel Wright and Lieutenant
Egan, with two companies of the Twelfth
infantry. Colonel Biddle and Major
Trimble came next with Troops K and
F, of the First cavalry. When the
troops came to where the body of theil
beloved General was lying cold and
dead, disfgured with his wounds, they
did not at first recognize him, but
learning the horrid truth they dashed
forward among the rocks eager to re-
venge his murder.
While some were attending to the
dead and dying the troops were moving
Guilty General Gillem kept them back tc
reserve their vengeance for another day
1t was a sad march, that walk back tC
camp with the dead bodies of Genera.
Candy and DR.. Thomas and almos
hopelessly wounded Meacham. The
Indian squaw, lobe, was in despair
crying necessarily and muttering, 'Why
would they not believe me ?" At frs
it was thought in camp that the murder
had not been premeditated, and tina
the Indians had started the shooting
when they found that the Peace Com
missioners would not give them reser
walton in their old country. When w
came back from the scene of the muir
der I went into General Gillem's tent
and, as I sat down, he handed me
piece of paper on which was written
General Canby-The Modocs hav
attacked Mason's pickets, woundin,
Lieutenant Boyle" AS L read it, h
said, CT was just writing a note t.
General Candy, which DR.. Cabanes
had volunteered to take out, when tt,
warning from the signal station told m
it was too late to save the life of one o
the best and noblest men in the Unite
States Army" 1t appears that durin
the morning some Indians, includin
: Scar-faced Charley and Steamboat Fran
: came out on the rocks on the east sid
and waved white flag. Lieutenan
Sherwood, of the Twenty-frst Infantry
2 who was officer of the day, went out t
I see what they wanted, accompanied b
Lieutenant Boyle, Quartermaster c
Colonel Mason's command. When the
. arrived within about sixty yards, Lier
3 tenant Sherwood asked them what the
wanted, and Steamboat Frank answere
! they wanted to talk with the /" littl
l tyee's," and asked them to come upo
the rocks where they were. This Lie!
, tenant Sherwood refused to do, and th
: Indians Immediately fired upon then
< wounding Lieutenant Sherwood severel
S in two places. Lieutenant Boyle IA
D away on hearing the first shot and SUI
S ceeded in escaping unhurt. On hea
3 idg the shots a company immediatel
. left Colonel Mason's camp, led by Liel
3 tenant Egan, who happened to be thel
S visiting at the time, and acoompanie
g by Assistant Surgeon De Witt. The
soon came up to where Lieutena1
g Sherwood was lying and brought hi
back to camp. His wounds have prove
} fatal, and he died two days afterward
: Mr.. Meacham has been doing remarl
, ably well, and, although shot in for
. places and half scalped, will probabl
, recover.
Tho low