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Battles with Apaches.

IL. c. Ticknor, who brought the oihcml
dispatches, left headquarters at p m,
Yesterday. He said that orders had Just
been issued for an advance along the whole
line at a IN to-day. The plan was to ad-
vance slowly, taking everything a they
went. having water and provisions along
with them. In this case 1t may be two
DAYS before the troubles are ended.
Ii is presumed that the remains OF General
Candy and Commissioner Thomas Will De
forwarded to this place, and they should
arrive tomorrow. sometime. Another
courier would leave the headquarters OF the
military this evening, and would arrive
here early tomorrow. These are all the
particulars OF the tragedy in addition TO the
despatch sent this afternoon. \ courier
lert here at . tonight for Gen. Glllem
headquarters with dispatches from Gen
Scnoheld.
By many persons it Is believed the Mo
docs are utterly desperate, and Will fight
till their last man falls, and that they will
not leave the caves in the lava beds. by
Others it is believed they have already made
their escape, and will begin relentless war
upon all the weak parties of whites they
encounter.
Ii j. supposed that Scar Faced Charley
and " Curly Head Doctor y were with the
Indians who attacked Col. Mason posi-
ton. and that this attack was bind TO
attract the attention Of Gen. Glllem from
the conference between Capt. Jack and his
men and the peace commissioners.
New York, April l3.-The llerald's spe-
cial furnishes the following additional par
tieulars of the events following the Modoe
disaster The troops found Meacham about
100 yards west of the place of meeting, bad
~ wounded with pistol shot over the lett
exc. He was Immediately attended to and
carried back for medical treatment. Fifty
Yards further on was found the body OF Rev.
DR.. Thomas. lying on the face and stripped
10 the waist. Life was extinct, from pistol
shot wounds on the head. The body Of
Gen. Candy was stripped Of every yestige Of
clothing, and lay about 100 yards to the
southwest, with two pistol shot wounds On
the head.
Pausing only to gaze at the body of the
man they both loved and respected, the
troops dashed on, and the two leading bat
teries were within mile of the MOdocs
when the bugle sounded halt. The lndi-
ans having all reached the stronghold, the
troops were ordered to fall back for the
present.
The attack on Col. Mason's camp com
menced by the Indians firing on Lieuts.
Boyle and Sherwood, who had wandered
some FIVE hundred yards outside their picket
lines Sherwood was shot through the arm
and leg, but Boyle wa- uninjured. Both
got safe to camp.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April l3-The fol-
lowing is the despatch received at the Office
of the Adjutant General Of the Army
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE Pacific. !
April u, 1873. :
Gen. W. T. Sherman, Washington:
The following report Of the horrible
treachery and murder has Just been received.
| have telegraphed Col. Gillem to let the
punishment of the Modocs be as severe a
their treachery has merited, and hope to
hear soon that he has made an end of them.
j. NJ. SCHoFIELD.
Major General Commanding.
Copy of telegram to the Assistant Adiu-
tant General, Department Of California,
from the Modoc expedition
Gen Canhy with the peace commissioners
went to meet the Indians about one mile in
front of the camp, at ll.3O this morning.
at 30 p. m, the signal officers who were
watching the conference, reported firing.
Upon reaching the place of meeting, found
that Gen. Candy and Rev. DR.. Thomas had
been killed, and Mr.. Meacham wounded.
unhurt | shall at once commence active
operations against the Indians.
ALVIN GmLEN,
LIST Cavalry Commanding
Dated at Camp South Of Tule Lake, April
IL.
Similar official reports were also received
by Assistant Adjutant-Gen. W. d. Whipple
at the army headquarters.
The information was communicated to
the President at a late hour last night by
Adjutant- General Townsend, and Gen
Sherman was also appriSed at a late hour
of the occurrence. The feelings of the
President and the General at the sudden
announcement were Of the most intense
sorrow and Indignation, and there was not
an instant's hesitancy in the declaration
that the Modocs shall be made to suffer to
the seyerest extent for their crimes. 1t Is
now evident that the act was long premedi-
tated, and this fact adds to the deep sense
of wrath that the massacre has aroused
The President has unreseryedly expressed
his sanction of the seyerest measures now
necessary TO properly punish the Modocs,
and his views in this respect have been fully
stated 10 the authorities acting under the
war department Gen. Sherman has also
telegraphed to Gen. Schofed Instructions
10 move the entire force at once upon the
indians. Gen. Sherman has also prepared
the following order announcing the death
of Gen. Candy, which will be promulgated
tomorrow.
llEADQUARTERs OF THE ARMY,
WASHINGTON, d. c., April II, 1873
GENERAL ORDER No. 8
1t again becomes the sad duty Of the
General 10 announce to the army the death
of one of our most illnstrious and honored
comrades Brigadier General Edward X. 5.
Candy, commanding the Department of the
Columbia. was on Friday last. April llth.
shot dead by the Chief Jack. while he was
endeayuring to mediate for the removal of
the Moddcs from their present rocky fast
hess, On the northern border of California,
10 II reservation where the tribe could be
maintained and protected by the civil agents
of the government. That such a life should
have oeen sacrificed in such q cause will
ever be a source of regret 10 his relations
and triend~. Yet the General trusts that all
good soldiers will be cOnsoled in knowing
that Candy lost his life on duty and in the
execution OF his ofice. for he had been
especially chosen and appointed for this
delicate and dangerous trust by reason of
his well-kn0wn patience and forbearance.
his entire seli-abnegatiOn and fidelity to the
expressed wishes of his government, and his
large experience in dealing with the savage
Indians of America.
lie had already completed the necessary
military operations to enforce obedience to
the conclusions Of the peace commissioners.
after which he seems to have ACCOMPANIED
them TO last conference with the savage
chiefs, in supposed friendly council, and
there met his death by treachery. outside of
his military lines, but within view of the
signal station. At the same time one of
the peace commissioners was killed out
right. another mOrtally wounded. and a
tird escaped unhurt.
Thus persisted one of the kindest and
hest gentlemen of this OF any other country.
whuse social equalled his military virtues
To even sketch his army history would
pas tie limits of general order, aad it
inu>t here SGfhcc to state that Gen. Candy |
hegnn has military career As cadet at
Wet Point IN the summer OF 1885, gradu- |
aths IN 1893, since which time he has |
served thirty eight years, passing through |
all the grades 10 ma jur- general Of the vel |
unteeiS aud hrigadler general of the re.u-
la array.
lie served his early If. with marked dis |
tineuon IN the Florida and Mexican wars, |
and the outbreak of the civil war found him |
tectiun Oi his seniors. he remained in com
mand and defended the country successfully
against a formidable inroad from the direc-
tlon OF Texas. Afterwards transferred 10
the east, TO u more active and imnortant
sphere, he exercised various higb CON-
mands, and at the close of the civil war
was in chief command of = military diyi-
sion of the West Mississippi, in which he
had received painful wound. but had the
honor to capture Mobile and cause the snr.
render of the rebel forces of the southwest
Since the close ofthe war he has repeatedly
been chosen for special commands by rea,
son of his superior knowledge of law and
civil government, his known fidelity to the
wishes of the executive and his chivalrous
devotion to his profession-in all of which
his success was perfect.