Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-10-16

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much consideration from Genera
! Wheaton. Jack concluded by saving
Il am ready to 90 and see my Grca
Father above"
, The next was
/ OLD sCIIoNCHIN.
| whose eye lighted considerably at thu
! prospect of q talk. He said IN sub
| stance:
81 have always given young men ad.
| vice, shook hands with the white peO
pie, and here am now condemned
\ with irons on my feet. | heard what
the Great Spirit man hadt say, and
think it good. l should not die for
what others have done. but will
cross the river, and will 90 to meet
my Father in spirit land"
Jack now began to move rcstlessly,
| and presently laid down on his side oil
| the bench.
"My father lived long ago; begged
to see him in the upper world with
Great Spirit. IL the law kills me 60
| mp TO spirit land. Perhaps tho Great
Spirit will say TO me, MY law has ia
ken your life, and accept you as one
OF my people am sure il ia not In
my heart to do wrong, but ] was led
away by the wishes OF them; It is do
ing a great wrong to take my life, rs |
can tell you.
THE GUILTY PARTIES
are Bogus Charley, Steamboat Frank
Hooker Jim, and Scar-faced Charlie,
| was an Old man, sat in camp. and
took no active part, and ! would like
tn see those executed for whom am
now wearing irons. | tell you the
truth. am a good man and have a
good heart. have lived q long time
with cattle and horses, and never stole
any stock"
Schonchin continued at length, clo-
sing a. follows: 81 have made speech.
| would like TO see the Big Chief face
to face and talk with him. but he il a
long distance OF, like al the top of a
high hill with me at the bottom, and /
can't go to him bni he has made his
decision, made his law. and say
LET ME- DIE.
don't believe all the talking can do
will make the President cross over his
decision, and | don't talk for that pur.
pose. wish to let you know nv
heart
General Wheaton then told the in
terpreter to tell Captain Jack and the
others if they wanted anything to ask
the sergeant Of the guard and he would
bring it to them. They were also told
they would be visited in the evening
by their sqn,ws aud families.
The post chaplain then delivered a
tervent prayer, and the meeting broke
up.
JACK THEN RENEWED HIS ATTACK
OH General Wheaton, urging that it
would be quite proper for Scar-faced
Charley to take his place, and then his
valuable services would be
saved for his family and tribe. But
the General could not see the point,
and left Jack in a rather unenviable
frame of mind. The prisoners were
then taken to their cells and visited by
their families ut p. M.--the last meet
ing with them on earth. Ii was natu-
rally affecting, and the women worked
themselves into granite state of grief.
L hSn hoWISo tHcit Wcliu ucsttussOuS.
and threw themselves ON their doomed
friends, fawning them all over. Even
the little children seemed to catch the
infection, aud they cried and went in
the most finished style.
Jack appeared very much affected at
meeting his favorite squaw Lizzie and
the little papoose. His sister Mary
was even more affected. and worked
herself into perfect paroxysm OF
grief. The little girl even appeared 10
| comprehend the situation, and sobbed
bitterly as Jack gave her
ONE LAST FOND EMBRACE.
The squaws returned to the stockade,
and the murderers were left i'm their
cells, with no other companion than
the gloom! foreboding aud anticipa-
tion of the morrow. Old Schouchin
met his family without much visible
emotion, bnt his children cried bitter
ly, and the squaws yelled as il il the
world was coming 10 al end The
chief did not beiray any outward signs
of agitation. lie kissed his little son
repeatedly, and when, just before re-
treat, they were taken away, he laid
down in his cell and rolled himself
like ball in his biankets.
AT 1920 The wretched prisoners
were placed on The drop, the rope was
cut. and they were launched into the
"happy hunting grounds" of their
fathers.