Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-20


ing country. The total number G
troops in the field are twenty offiC
ers and four hundred and eight
men.
LAVA BEDS, May 12.-Since Ger
Davis assumed command of til
Modoc expedition in person. tie
days ago, only one conflict, that {
Saturday, has occurred, though tn
movement which this last affair wa
feature is still progressing, an
several bodies of troops are nov
hunting an engagement. Gen. Da
Wis found the soldiers disheartene'
by the disasters of the campaign
, and had to resort to many device
: to arouse their tagging enthusiasm
and encourage their efficiency. Ill
began his work with a will ant
earnestness that won him the sym
pathy and friendship of officers anC
privates, and enspired them will
confidence. 1t is his intention tC
harasS the Modocs, keep them stir
ring from place to place, and sub
due them. The men say they feel
that he means business.
SAN Francisco, May IA
dispatch from Yreka tonight says
the Modocs have another rocky
fortress which they are making
still stronger. The troops will not
attack before reinforcement arrive.
The position is about twenty miles
south of the last stronghold.
c. Burgess had seen Bogus Char
ley on the Upper Klamath. He
has not yet been captured. He
said he knew nothing about the
contemplated massacre of the COM
missioners that there were thirty
Modocs left, who would fight till
the last man was killed.
MAY IA lava bed dispatch of
the 18th says: Gen. Davis and Gill
EN-, in crossing Tule Lake the pre-
vious evening during q heavy gale,
had a narrow escape from drown
ing, the boat becoming unmanage-
able.
The present force at the com
mand of Gen. Davis is not consid-
cred sufficient to make a success
full attack on the Modocs in their
new stronghold, hut the General
will endeavor to hold them where
they now are and wait rein
forcements with mortar, which
they are hurrying forward and eX-
pected in two days.
The troops are suffering for the
want of water. Willow Greek is
the nearst stream, but the Modocs
are between it and the troops.
The Modocs have their families
with them, and it is not thought
that they will seek to leave their
present position until they have
made provisions for the safety of
their wives and children. Their
loss in the fight of Saturday was
two braves killed. A large part Of
their horses, ammunition aud cloth
ing were captured, and about three
tons Of provisions destroyed.
The Modocs entered the fight
stripped to their breech-clouts, but
could not resist the Warm Springs,
who trotted into the fight and ran
the Modocs past their plumber, re-
taking all.
San Francisco, May ia
dispatch from camp south of Tule
| axe, Lava Beds, May l3 says :
The ModccS are now entrenched IN
Crater Buth, or mass of lava, APP
proXimating the same, n little south
east of this camp, distance of II
to Is miles. Capt. Hasbrouck il
camped within watching distance
of the enemy, with force of about
30 men, where he awaits the ar
rival of Col. Mason, who yesterday
morning started for Jacks old
stronghold with force of 10 men,
and took n southeasterly course. 1t
is intended that the two comman-
ders shall amalgamate under Col.
Mason, hold the Indians at bay I'M
til the mortars are forwarded, and
scout is made around the south
ern boundary of the beds, by way
of the Ticknor roads. At last ac-
counts the Indians were fortifying
their present position with evident
intention Of giving battle at the
first opportunity.
The second dispatch, at II p. VI.
says: Col. Mason signaled his
knowledge Of the whereabouts OF
the Indians this afternoon, by way
of Capt. Jacks old stronghold, and
that both himself and Hasbroucll
were ordered to obtain favorable
positions during the night and make
an attack on the enemy at 3 o'clock
tomorrow morning. This news is
known to a few only in the camp,
and therefore has not created any
excitement. The third dispatch
from Lava Beds, May II, { \. NJ.
says: One seminal reported that
lac heard firing in an eastcrly direc-
ten from camp at an early hour
this morning. 1t is inferred from
this that Mason has begun hi.