Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-29

May Z, 1873
THE great problem Nv the day seems to
be how to get the Modocs out NV the holes
in the Law. Beds, so that they kin be regt
larly killed by the military forces Nv the
Ioonited States. Ez the Government haz
armed them ruther better, ez a rule, than
they have their own troops, and Ell they
decline to come out and fife by the regler
tactics, the conumdrum is hard one
Ez 1t seems to be certain that whoever
goes out agin EN- gets killed, | wood Sc.
jest that the shortest way Nv endin the war
wood be to compel the Indian and Army
contractors to fife EN-. But l presume
they wood object. They DOUBTLESS find il
more profitable to furnish the sellers and
the lndins. Ez a Kentucky Democrat
who hez never been reconstructed, and
never will be, l wood be pleased to hev
the tyrant Grant and the Cabinet witch as
sists him in his tyranny, go on this dooty,
but don't spose they will do it.
l hey, however, sejestion for entrappin
the willy savages, witch, with my yoosual
generosity, | give the public gratis. | ask
no reward, but Ell the Government heZ a
sense of gratitood the Government knows
my address, witch is Confedrit X Roads.
III reward is given me wood say, let ii
be IN greenbacks. Medals are all we'll
enuh tor iucher generashuns, but medals
VIII not buy likker for this generashun
and this generashun is the one | hey an
espeshal interest in. Bascom don't recog-
nize medals
My idee is best illustrated by the nara
shun Nv incident wich occurred at the
Cross Roads, only last week, and witch
sejested it,
The old citizens ov the Cross Roads, in
a sportlve mood, few weeks ago, made
1t tolerably warm for Pollock and a dozen
or SO niggers. They bustid in Pollock
house, and bustiI the head ov every mig
ger they happened to meet in the streets.
One NV EN-, bleev, died from the inioor-
les. Joe Bigler and Pollock determined
to see ef Their wuz eny law in Kentucky to
protect EN-, and to that end they made a
complaint atore the Grand Joorv, who, ez
matter Nv joke, indicted all the partici-
pants, wlch inclooded Capt McPelter.
Elder Pennlbacher, Deekin Pogram. Issa-
ker Gavltt and myself. Wv course the
Jury had no idee that we shood be arrest
eu, but they wuz mistaken The Judge
and the Sheriff he'd ben over to the Cor
nerS only a week afore, and he'd he'd a
dlspoot with Bascom about bar bill. and
'hey TOOK this opportunity to crafty their
spite. lhey came over with a strong
posse 10 take the entire lot Nv us, and ex-
pectn resistance, came armed.
We got notice Nv their inten.hun and
determined that, no matter wat the result,
we WOOD not submit to so outrageous an
arrangement Nv our rites ez kcntuckians.
We went 10 the Church--we took in with us
our shot-guns and revolvers--we barricaded
the doors and winders, and calmly awaited
the comm of the minyuns Nv lie law.
They came--flve Nv EN-. Seem our nosh
shun, the Sheriff, with white cloth on the
ramrod Nv his shotgun approached, and
demanded that we surrender.
"Neverm sed l. I'VE are armed 10 the
teeth, and wo be to 700 eff YOU attempt to
take us. 60 home, misguided man! The
Corners never surrendersr'
He saw that we wuz all armed and went
back for consuleashen We coodent hear
wat they sed, but ther ackshens wuz ONE
nus. The sat down afore our citadel to
oeSelge us. They fired shots at us at inter
vaIs' wlch we returned, tho no damage
WIZ done on either side.
Inc DAY wore away. We entered orr
lortress at nine in the mornin. and al
eleven we began to be anxious that tbe
siege be raised. We had neglected to ner.
vlde ourselves with perviShens, but we car
ed but little fer that. We Good 90 with.
out eatin day or two without trouble
But at eleven o'clock the terrible fact oc-
CURED to us that we hedn't brot with us a