The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-01
Heroic Conduct OF the SOldiery.
WHY Movements Of The Savage
Foe.
Horrible MutilatiOn OF the Bodies

ANOTHER BATTLE WITH THE MODocs.
SAN FRANCIsco, April 29-LAvA Beds,
April GA r.connisance, composed OF
Batteries X and A, Fourth Artillery. and
Company Z, Twelfth Infantry, left camp at
40 this morning, proceeding in the d.
rection known to lead to the pre.ent
| MoDOC STRONGHOLD,
Capt. l.. Thomas being in command. A
dozen or 80 Warm Spring Indians were cx-
pected 10 cooperate on Thomas LEFT. The
| troops having formed line Of skirmisliers,
advanced without moles,ation until they ar
| rived q; the foo, OF a cliff south OF the lava
beds, having in the meanwhile, signalied To
the camp that no Indians could be found.
On reaching the bluff the MUdocs
OPENED SEVERE FIRE,
causing the troops to seek such
shelter "a they could fad IN
the cLasma, and ~ usual the Toe was I'M
seen. SO soon as information was received
at headquarters As to the peril Of the troops,
AID was Al once pushed forwara
TO THEIR RESCUE.
Four companies being ordered, two OF cav
airy from the camp, and two from Col. Ma
sons. Stretches for the conveyance of the
wounded were forwarded. These latter are
returning iI-t now. without having achieved
the oljec, for which they were intended.
LATER.
$50 a. ma dispatch received from Col.
Green, of the First cavalry, who went out
with the reinforcements yesterday morning,
shows the surprise to have
BEEN CJMPLETE
and terribly fatal. The dispatch states that
Captain Thomas and Lieutenant 4. H.
Howe, of the Fourth artillery, and
Lieutenant Wright, OF the Twelfth in
fantrv, are killed, and Lieutenant Harri.,
of the Fourth artillery, is badly, ard, per.
haps, MORALLY wounded, and Lieutenant
Cranstron, of the Fourth artillery, is missing.
Twenty three are reported wounded, in all.
Daring the fight part o: batteries A and
ii of the Fourth artillery, and company f
of the Twelfth infantry, finding themselves
in danger of
BEING oUrFLANKED,
took shelter in hollow, afiording partial
cover 10 some twenty Of them. No sooner
had they done so than the Indians, who
knew and commanded every egress from the
cavity, detached seven Of their number TO
one side and twenty remaining on the other,
orENED CROSS FIRE
on the poor fellows, who could not show head
or hand wi,hou, certainly being struck.
Very few escaped injury, and the rest were
either killed or wounded. i. is next to i'm
possible to ascertain the number OF ModocS
killed or wounded.
STILL LATER.
FIVE, r M.-f'rom a second dispatch sent
BY Col Green it appears that there are now
collected and waiting transportation to
camp,
SIXTEEN MEN KILLED,
including Capt. Thomas and Lieut.. Howe,
of the 4,h Artillery, and Lieu,. Wright, of
the 10th Infantry, and eight wounded, in
GLIDING Lieut. Harris, Of the h Artillery.
Yesterday Capt. Mckay reported tia, his
Warm Spring Indians had
TAKEN FOUR SCALES.
This may be the whole or only part OF the
Modocs killed, they being careful to destroy
so far "a possible all traces OF their cisualiie'
burying their dead in caves or burning them,
and hiln, their wounded in caves, SO
that bu, few of them have been seen 50 far.
When Captain Thomas found himself
SURROUNDED by THE FOE
it ia true he sought TO cheer the soldiers on
to battle, and obtain il possible lite for lite,
saying "Men We are surrounded, We must
fight and die like men," His eff,rts to
maintain the courage Of his small command
was ably seconded by Lieutenant Howe and
Lieutenan,.!yrigh'. After receiving mor'a!
wound he buried his gold watch and chain
among the rocks and emp,ied his revolver
among the enemy before dying. Lieutenant.
Harris who was similarly situated a. Captain
Thomas with portion of his battery and
the Fourth ARTILLERY set the same example
of bravery and determination TO his men,
AMI all acted bravely.
Reinforcemenls sent out under Col.
Green, together with the killed and wound
ed, are expected momentarily.
A he,vy rain is now falling, hat every
preparation will be inside for their
proper reception.
When the news Of the massacre reached
camp, soldiers, who have grown old and
gray in the service, wept like babies at the
fate of their officers and comrades.
VERY LATEsT-6 A. M-April 2S-The |
troops, with the killed and wounded, are re-
turning. In many instances it is difficult to
recognize the dead but from some article I
known to have belonged TO them. milan
barbarity has defacej the lineamen,s of
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