, 1873-05-15
THE. INDIANS.
Latest Reports from the Forco In Pur-
~.: suit Of Tho b1odocs.
Tho SaVagcs Reported to Have Secured
Another Stronghold.

San FnANo1soo, May IA dispatch from tho
lava-beds today, says 875 soldiers and Warm
Spring Indians aro securing tho laya-beds' aud
surrounding country. Tho total troops in tho
field are twenty officers and 48o mon.
LAvA-BEps CANT, Souru OF TuLE LAKE, Nav
l2-10 a. m., via YREKA, May 14.-since Gen.
Davis assumed command Of tho Moiloo expodi.
tton Ill person, ton days ago, only one conflict,
that OF Saturday, has occurred, though the moYo-
mont of which this last affair was feature
ia still progressing, and seyeral bodies Of
troops aro now hunting an engagement. Con.
Davis found tho soldiers disheartcncd by
tho disasters Of tho campaign, aud aud had l
to reaort to many dovcca to arouao thoir laggine
enthusiasm and increase thor efficiency He
began his work with a will and earnostneas that
Won @ TOT him tho sympathy and friendship Of tho
donoe. Ho studied the situation carefully, utll-
izod tho experience Of hts predecessors, and
ghSo tho 1Tenricd soldiers timo to rocuporate
from f. the fatigue and mental excitemont incidon-
sent cut scouting partles had the mon disciplined
In Indinn dodgea, and now Inns his frat grand
movement for operations. It iB hts ntont'on to
t,'aas narasa the Modocs, keep them stirring from
they fool TINT he moans business.
LAVA BEDs, May 10-11 p. m.-Lieut. Bacon,
OF Iroop, X, First Cavalry, who has arrived IN
cam camp t WITH - detachment, having boon on es-
stronghold, brings report from Lieut.. Ohapin,
commanding tho latter camp, that bis pickots
beard firing in tho direction taken by Col.
Mason's command in the preBont econt after the
ment has occurred,
oAsr souru OF Tu1E LAKE, LAVA BEDS, May
~ o. m:,-Part Of tho mon of thin cnmp, II
not the entire force Till benovcd to Boyle Camp,
On the peninsula Of Tule Lako within the uext
two xeoks. This carnping-gronnd la very un-
and scorpions arc familiar with tho interior Of
nights. News will Probably bo receiyeu S froo tno
COL Maaon's force to-day. Evory ono is anxious
to hear tho result Of tho present scout.
vI5'.N sAN FnASc1sco, M May 14:-A dispatch from
rocky fortress, which they arc making atill
stronger. Tho troops will not attack before ro-
mforcements nrrivo. The position ia about 20
miles 1, south OF tho last stronghold.
&. Burgess had seen Bogus Charley on tha
Upper klamath. He has not yet been captured.
Ho Haid he know nothing about tho contemplated
massacre Of tho Commissioners that thcro woro
thirty Modocs loft, who mould fight till the lsst
seyonty-aTo mon will be retained in camp to
guard the stores till reibforcoments como.
w Special Dts,,ateh to The Chicago Tribune.
1.n;A Mn;Asa1naToN, May 14.-The commissioner Of
Indian Affairs regards the occasional predictions
o1 general Indian war as wholly unWarranted,
for tho reaeon that tho Indinus arc not united.
as arc civilized communities, but aro divided in
~ aulall nauus, each OF which ia 90 independent
organization, having no rolations Whatever
with other triboH. Iu fact, even when not
Of war with each other, they aro seldom on
friondly terms: Their sympathy is limited to
the mombors OF their tribo, and therefore tho
Commisstoner believes that tho hostility Of tic
Alodocs will have no effect whatever on other
trlbos, excepting, possibly, the Snako Indians,
with whom the Modocs have somewhat affiliated
in tho past. The fact that tho Warm Spring In
dians arc the allies Of our troops in tho
var against tho Modoos ia one illustration OF
the indifference Of tho Indians to the trinlB and
tribnlations OF q nojghboring tribe.