The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-04-17
MODOC MASSACRE:
Murder of Cen. Candy by the
=li@ MOdUc Chief.
The Quaker Policy Played Out:

,..- w ASfiNGTON, "a 1fil 10 Il AC HCWe
of the treacierous assassination of
Brigadfer- General CaDby by the Mo-
doc Chief, and the Intelligence feceiv-
ed at the same tinieio murders COM
mitted by the Apaches, cause a pro-
found feeling of grief and indignation
which finds expression in all quarters,
particularly in the army, where Gen.
Candy was held in great esteem and
affection, with utterances of an earnest
desire for the determination OF these
sayages. This feeling of Indignation
has taken the place OF all ideas what
ever Of peace, and the slightest con-
sideration can not be given to any
other. proposition than that to move
at once TO the seserest punishment of
the Modocs.5 The following is the
dispatch received at the Office of the
Adjutant General of the Army: E
s0s "HEAD-QUARrERs,D DIVISION
su OF THE PACIFIC, April 12.}
$40 w. T. Sherman, Washington
-" The following report of horrible
treachery and murder has just been
received, / have telegrsphed Colonel
Modocs be as. severe as their treachery
uhe lhtCA1tO0r anu 1lORCt, ~ AC1rs cOOh
that he has made an end of them.
~ ISignedl ;s4 j. M. .SCHoFIELD, -,
~ Major-GeneraI Commanding.
Copy of oftelegram to- the Assistan!
Adjutant, General ceqf 44r. =
I Department of California, from
the Modoc expedition General Can
by with the Peace Commissioners
went to meet the Indiana about one
mile i'm front of camp at IL :O3 this
.mOrning.m1At l:30 po m-,b the signal
officer whom i had watching the con-
ference, reported firing. Upon reach
ing the place. of conference, l found
that General Candy and Rev. DIR.
Thomas had been killed, and MeachaIn
wounded. The other Commissioner,
Dyer, escaped unhurt. shall at once
commence active operations against
the Indians. ed .a.,s 80 -
,a (Sighef] - e''ALvIE GILLEM,. - Il.
sColonel 4 tn Cavalry Commanding" /"
Dated at Camp South OF Tule Lake,
April 11th, 1873" zqo1 v.
Similar officialreports were received
by Assistant Adjutant General, w. ID.
Whipple, at Army Headquarters, from
Assistant Adjntant General I'll. Clay
w ood, at Portland, Oregon, who has
been advised'by Colonel Gillem of the
Tragedy, iSfG III = J.izsiiu 3fraff =. - .t5l
The Information was communicated
to the President at a late hour last
night by Adjutanu General Townsend,
and General Sherman was also ap-
praised at late hour of the occur
renee.s The feelings of the President
and General at thegsudden announce
mefit were of most intense sorrow
and Indignation, and there was not an
ihstant's hesitancy in the declaration
that the iM0docs shall be made to suf-
fer To- the severest extent for their
crime! 1T 10 now evident that the act
was long premeditated and this lact
adds 10 the deep sense of wrath that
the massaere has aroused. The Pres
ident has Hnfeservediy expressed his
sanction of the severest measures now
inecessary 20 properly punish the Mo-
docs, and his views in this respect
have beenifulfy stated to- the authofi-
/ ties acting fuhderi athe War Depart
mehts hsIW yieo L /. bE01iiBf 3 Vrf
General Sherman has telegraphed
General Schofieldl instructions to
move his entire fOree at once upon the
Indians. General Sherman has also
RtCR0LS0 -Ot0CI OH.
,nouueing thedeathi of General Candy
Whiehl asill obe promulgated to-mor-
row. avad sw baa .hRogifsI e dffw Il
ylHEADQUARTERs OF THRl ARMY, }
10 s949a aWAsHINaToN, April IA,
ns., ~ General Order No. g. ga =
1t again becomes the sad duty of the
General to announce, to the, army the
death of one of our most .illustrious
and most honored comrades. Briga-
dier-Genefali Edward r. S. Candy.
commanding the Department of the
Columbia, was, on Friday last, April
1lth, shot dead by Chief Jack while
he wass endeavoring to mediate for
the, removal fof the Modocs from their
present rocky fastness, on the North
ern border of California. to reserv-
alton where the tribe conld be MAIN
tanned and protected by the civil
agents of the Government. That such
a life. should have been sacrificed in
such q canse will ever be source of
regret by his relatives and friends.
Yet the General trusts that all good
soldiers will be condoled in knowing
that General Candy lost his life on
duty, and in the execution of his Of
fee, for he had been especially chosen
and appointed for this dangerous
trust by reason of his well-known
patience and forbearance, his entire
self and fidelity to the eX-
pressed wishes of his Government.
and his large experience in dealing
with the savage Indians of America.
He had already completed the neces-
sary military preparations to enforce
obedience to. the conclusions of the
Peace Commissioners, after which he
seems to have accompanied them to a
last conference with the savage Chiefs.
in supposed friendly council, and
there met his death by treachery, out
aide his military line, but within view
of the signal station. At the same
time one of the Peace Commissioners
was killed outright, another mortally
wounded, and third escaped unhurt.
Thus persisted one of the kindest
and best gentlemen of ssthis or any
other country, whose social equalleu
his military virtues. To even sketch
his army history would pass the limits
1 of general order, and il must here
suffice that General Candy began his
military career as o Cadet at Yves
Point, in the summer of 1885, gradu-
ating in 1889, since which time he has
continuously served thirty-four years,
passing through all the grades to Ma
jor General of Volunteers and Briga-
dier General OF the Regular Army.
He served his early life with marked
distinction in the Florida and Mexi-
can. wars, and the outbreak Of the
] civil war found him on. duty i'm New
Mexico, where, after the detection Of
his senior, he remained in command,
and defended the country successfully
against formidable inpoads from the
direction iot Texas. He was artcr-
ward transferred 10 the East to 2 more
active and important sphere. He ex-
ercised various high commands, and
! at The close of the civil war was N