Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-05-21
General Davis Pressing the Indians.

NEW Ohk, Nay ia speclai Iron
San Francisco, dated May 12.h, says
Repor.s-ty ce urier. just received from th'
lava beds, st.,t-s that the scouting party
under Captain Hasbrouck has been heart
from. Captain .Hasbrouck reports tia
his command was attacked by party o
Modocs, and four soldiers and one Warn
Spring Indian were killed, and six sol
diers aud one Warm Spriag Indial
wonndd The attack was sudden. aud
the troops were taken completely by sur
prisa. After the fl ct fire of the Modoes
Captain UasbrouclS rallied his men and
charged upon Them in body. The
Modocs retreatcd under the charge, and
were driven into the woods, scattering in
ell directions. Several volleys were fred
upon them, Int it is not known whether
any were killed.
The troops succeeded in capturing
twenty five horses belonging to the Mo
docs. When Captain Jack with his
band Of Mudocs attacked the command
Captain Hasbrouck's soldiers recognized
the uniform Of General Canby on Cap
tain Jack Thirty three Modocs were
engaged il the fight. There is strong
suspicion here HAT the Modocs are re-
eeivipg aid from outside parties.
Captain Hasbrouck captured six boxes
Of carbiue cartridges from the Modoes,
which had been captnred by the Indians
short time ago while being sent TO the
front. When the last courier left Gen
sral Davis camp troops were between
the lava beds and the Modocs, and the
Modocs were entirely out of their lava
beds s,roughold. wv - = ~
LArA BEDS, May ll-9 A. NJ, via
San FRANClsCo, May u -Despatches
from Lieut. Bayliss' camp state that at
sunrise yesterday the Modocs came into
camp and fred on the picket guard.
The command of Captain Hasbrouck,
after scouting all day, had returned to a
lake for water, and were making efforts
20 secure some by digging, but none
could be found Donald Mckay was
eeut back to Lieutenant Bayliss' camp as
an escort of Battery B, Of the Fourth
Artillery. G and b troop of the First
Cavalry, left for the scene of the fight,
the distance being seventeen miles, and
which occupied all night until the dawn
Of the next day. Captain Jacks band
rode within Que hundred yards Of the
camp, when all dismouuted and charged
into the camp, firing into the herd and
the guards. .- .f.
The first volley stamreded the herd
which left for camp, and while the men
were getting under arms the Modocs gave,
volley after volley, killing four soldiers
and cne Warm Spring Indian. y rally
was made and the charge was sounded.
This time Donald Mckay and some
men united, and drove the Modocs into
the timber, capturing twenty-one ponies
ard three pack mules. One Modoc was
left on the field, and nineteen mules,
packed also, six dead bodies.
Before the retreat the trail was cover
I'd with gore. The Indians beat hasty
retreat toward the Mcleod range of
mountains. Captain Has brouck handled
h!s men dextrously. He is now fuln-
;shed with FIVE days supplies, but wa
ter is very scarce, which detcrs long
stay in The field.
Captain Jack had seven animals shot
under him. He took his position on the
field in as lordly manner as if he had |
been a brigsdier-general. No squaws
were seen during the fight, nor by the
scouts on the following night. 1t ap-
pears strange how Captain Jack got six
boxes of central primed cartridges He
did not capture them from our forces,
and it is certain that he could not have
picked up that amount after the battle of
January Z. When the courier left the
troops were between the lava beds and
Indians, the latter being entirely out of
the lava beds stronghold RI 1916
a despatch from Yrcka says the Mod
ocs are twenty four miles from the place
of the last fight, holly pursued by the
troops and Warm Spring Indians.
1t was grand mistake of the Modocs
who undoubtedly thought they could
this force as they had STAN
peded others, but they met the Warm
Spring Indians. These warriors started
at the first fire as fast as they could get
their guns, trotting in on the flank Of
the Modocs, which surprised them.
The cry, Warm Springs" went
through the Modoc ranks, and they were
in place of the soldiers. The
Warm Springs drove them steadily all
day, laid on their flank last night, and
will renew the fight to day. IT
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