The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-18
Fun Details of the Mussacre
Con. Gillom Resumes Active Opera.
tions!

Cen. oillom Resumes Active Opera.
tions!
IN THE LAVA BEDS, CAL. Aprlll III
VIA IREKA, April III
Yesterday afternoon five Indians and four
sqnaws came into our camp aud were made
presents OF clothing and provisions by the
Pence Commission, and n message wns sent
out by the Commission asking for talk this
morning ut y point mile from our picket line
and told picket he could tako his gun: Tint
he tCharieyl did not intend to go back any
more. The picket brought him In and took
him to the tent OF Gen. Candy, where Charley
loft his gun. and remained at the tent OF Frank
Riddle during the night This morning Boston
Captain Jack and five other Indians would
meet the Commission outside our lines Hos.
ton and Bogus then mounted IA horse nnd start.
cd for the lava bed. About one hour after their
departure. Gen. Candy, Dr. Thomas Mr., A. b.
Meacham. and Mir. Dyan with Frank Riddle
and his squaw for interpreters started for the
place appointed. The party arrived mt tho ap.
pointed place, and were closely watched by tho
signal & oiheer. Lieutenant Adams. from the sig
About hak nn hour after tho party had arrived
u cry from the signal station was heard. saying
that the Indians had attacked the Peace Com.
mission, and that mn engagement had com.
menced between the Indians and Col, Mason,
In n moment the troops were under arms and
deploycd rs sisirinishers under command OF
Col Green. and orders were given forward
double quick" Very shortly after Mr.. nyar
tucked them, and that he thought ne was the
only one who had escaped. But few mo-
mentS after Riddle and his squaw were seen
within the picket Hines. From him we gather
the following account Of how tho massacre
commenced:
Mcncham made IL short speech TO the fndi.
ans. followed by Gen. Candy and then Dr.
Thomas. Captain Jack then made "a speech
asking for Hot Creek and Cottonwood the
for n reservation. MeachRm told Jack that IL
was not possiole TO give him what he asked
Sconchin told Meacham To say no more: that
he tMeaehatnl had satd enough upon this sub.
iect and while Sconchin Was talking Captain
Jack got up and walked behind the others and
turned back and exclaimed "Ali ready !" drew
his pistol and snapped cap at Gen, Candy,
cooked his pistol again and fired. Candy fell
dead. shot under the right eye. Sconchin then
but he Is still alive. Hoston Charley and mn.
other Indian shot and Killed ur. Thomas
Hooka Jim chased Dyar Tor some distance, but
nyar turned on him with a pistol in hRud. and
jam ran. An Indian knocked Riddles seuaw
down and took her horse. but Captain Jack
made him return &c: and then another Indian
chased Riddle and shot at him. This last may
bc taken with II grain of allowance.
The troops are now about Il mile In the lava
bed. laying upon their arms. and viii probably
advance under cover OF the darkness Their,
m nre about six hundEed troops here which can
they viii end the Modoe war.
SECOND DISPATCH
1REKA. April y. 10 =. M.-fhe news OF the
horrible massacre OF General Cnnby and Com.
missioner Thomas has cast gloom ot sorrow
over the whole com mnnity. and the excitement
Is Intense. y feeling exists that the Indians
should now receive the punishment they ~
richiy deserve tha. mol one should b., leil q.
boast OF thts terrible MASSACRE.
III. Z. Ilckncr. who brought in the official dis.
patches. leit headqnartsr. at I'VE O'Clock last
Tor an advance along The whole line nj i've
O'Clock this morning. The plan was TO advanc.
slowly. taking everything ~ they went along.
having water and PROVISIONS with them. In
this CASE !t may h. two days before the trouble
is ended y courier icIt her. at nine O'Clock to-
night Tor Gen. Ssiiie,n's headuunrrcrs wifn dis
patches from Cen schnneld Ry many il IN
believed that tlie Modocx aFc desperate. aud
VIII ilght tiIi the last man dies. and tnat they
viii NO; leave their caves. DHeFs think That
they have already made thcir escape. and will
commence releatless war upon all weak par.
Ties they inay meet !; Is supposed that tiic
attack on Col. Masol's position was 8 blind To
attract the attention o! 1.eH. Giiicm from the
conference" going On between Jack and his io!-
lowers and the Commissioners.
THIRD DESPATCH.
IBEKA, April i7.-The excitement hers over
the news from the front Is iuteus-. every one
eondemniuz the peace policy OF SECRETARY its.
lano, 10 great was the excitement last night
ed across the street The eItissy was lncaTtisd !;
&c. Driano. Secretary oI thg Interior! Thus
feet was a long card with ;le words: ''Aiaiss
peace II IL taxes all AnfafTIer. q. Dcinno.''-
FlHss are at half mast ali over town.
AT ID p. m. Is courier arrived from the front
with official dispatches. and nlso Information
that the remains of Gen. Candy and I,r Tnotn-
as would arrtse IN "A short time. The streets
bring crowded with people. u procession was
organized and iaGTclssd out To escost the cor
tesc into tosn. ~ 80 p. M. three foHE-hors.
three hundred citizens. he remains wrrc eu-
cstSed Ia rough boxes. Gen. Canby's. WRAPPED
IN the national coiors. wsre taken Into the
Masonic Hall. where Ei8cy wiii be cnlbaImed-
They. .haSa Tehc!;sd hc.s- ia n remarkably good
state OF preservation. Dr. Thomas body was
"a: once pIaced In a zinc coffin. and will he FOR.
tta1a
Capt. ii. i. Anderson. t;cn. CailDy's aid,
came 10 charge OF the remains. lie ieft Tule
Camp al twelve O'Clock. yesterday. The night
before he ieit there was au alarm along the
yleket line. He was at Col. Mason's camp
when the attack made upon the Pcaci;
Commission party. and says that fieutenanta
Sherwood and Boyle were nIiured o;.t OF cntnu
by = white fiHg. ihcy went four or five hum
dred yards. wnsa they met wiia. they supposed
were only two indiana. VINO said they wantcd
TO talk to the Little Tyce," Col. Mmso;t They
were told that they t:ne Iieutenhntsj did no.
Ha,nt TO talk, and for the Indians 70 go back 10
Their camp. ana they would return 10 theirs
As they turned around the indians four In
niIaper. nred up1n them. wounding sherwood
IN t8e arm ana tEigh. the latter Icing - very
serious wound. the bone being shaitered-
Capt. Anderson who wHs on duty nj the signal
sfailonsn hospital Rock. saw plainly the nt-
tack upon Col. Mason's front and teIeern riied
TO Gen. Gillem 10 notify the peac: Commission
Immediately. Col. Blddlc. VINO was at the
when this message was received. az once placed
his glass on General canby, as the party sat
together about one mile distant. Very soon
the whole party scattered. He followed the
Generals course with his glass while he ran
about fifty yards, threw up his arms and fell
backward, dead. Two OF the Indians who were
following him, JUMPED upon him. One, be-
lieyed to be Capt. Jack. stabbed him In the
neck, and he was completely stripped. DIR.
Thomas was also completely stripped. His
purse, containing sixty odd dollars, was found
under his body. the Indians having dropped IT,
Aeacham was shot In three places. one bail
entering at the inner corner or his right eye,
and another In the eide OF the head. These
are both believed to have lodged within his
Uranium. the third passing through his fore.
and a scalp wound FIVE inches in length. He
was found about flfty yards from where the
taken by Gen. Candy. He was entirely strip
ped and was bewildered in mind. The soldiers,
who were ready, started on a double quick i'm.
mediately upon the firing OF the shots. The
Indians retired to their retreat about 600 yards
in advance Of the soldiers. who followed them
they remained until DARK.
HEADQUARTERS, CAMP on SOUTH TULE
LAKE, April l4.-Lieut. Sherwood, Twcnty-flrst
ceiyed on the 18th while receiving a flag OF
truce from the Indians. Seventy.two Warm
Springs indians, under Donald Mckay, arrived
night. The army will close on the Indians po-
sitfon Tomorrow, and endeayer to cut Off all
escape. No effort will be spared to make the
punishment OF the Indians severe. II possible
no Indian shall boast that he or his ancestors
murdered General Candy v,v ,vccrrr,
YREKA, April I5.-The regular courier arrived
from headquarters at five O'Clock this after
noon, having left there at 10 a. m. yesterday
Up to that time there had been no lighting ex-
cept slight skrnaish on Col. Masons picket
line on the 18th, resulting in one dead Indian
doubt but the Modocs expected to get Gillem
and Col. Mason. Gen. Gillem expected to have
been present a: the council, but on the morn
ing of the massacre was too fndisposed to leave
his tent.
The surgeons report Meacham's wounds to
be gunshot wound in the right forearm; a
gunshot wound in the left index finger; also,
one in the right ear, a lacerated wound Of the
forehead and nose, and the wound of the scalp,
six inches in length, caused by an attempt to
scalp him. His condition Is more hopeful,