The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-05

day. AZ A,eI confident tnat the Modocs mean NJ
good They Will not shoot me because am mar
ried TO one o. their tribe but greatly fear the
have treaches> ,Hs intentions." Generals Canb
and Giliem ratAe ar laughed at his fears. and th
party finally started on nth! their mission, rom whcl
foston Charley asked Mr. Dyar's permission to ii,
bag OF provisions on Ills horse, favor which wa
DR.. Thomas. Boston and Bogus Charley. on foot
a ana Mr., Meacham, Mr.. Dy1r, Riddle and his squaw
NO booe on norseoaok General Glem did not go, as
hands Tor the past three days
GOING TO THE MASSACRE.
lucy VII walked quietly towards tie rendezvous
and arrived there without any Incident OF import
ance occurring, butt was noticed that Boston Char
ley stopped behind them little and looked about,
as u TO see that there were soldiers about Gen.
erai Candy and the Peace Commissioners. when
they arrived at the tent, we're shortly afterwards
Nasty jim, Hawker Jim, Eilens Man aud black lin
The party finally sat down In kind OF broken
Mr. Meacham on his left. DR.. Thomas sat TO the
left OF Mr.. Meacham a little back. and adjoining
him were Riddle and his squaw. Captain Jack sat
nearly opposite General Candy with Schonchin
Black Jim and Ellen's Man on his lett, and
on his right were Mr.: Dyar, Shack Nasty
Dyar was standing alongside or Jack during the
conference holding his horse, and Mr. Meachams
was sed little In M ais rear Bogus Charley was
less manner Mr. Meacham opened the talk with
long speech, In which he told the Indians how
that the President would be pleased ana there
would be no more fighting.
TALKING GOODY GOoDY.
He told them how difficult it was to get place
where they could live unmOlested in this section OF
the country, and that 1t would be better for them
would be away from the Oregonians, who wished to
annoy them. Mr. Meacham spoke for nearly half
them not to be afraid OF the soldiers they were
their friends and would not hurt them. He also
told them how the President wished all his children
INDIANS and whites to be at peace and not hghctng
with one another. Nothing could have been
kinder than his speech to these savages, and the
kind old gentleman talked to them rs If they had
been his own children. Captain Jack and Schon-
chm then spoke to the effect that they wanted the
and sen ak ana then tay would MAKE
Creek or Willow Creek, In the country that they
knew and where they had lived many years. DR..
Thomas then talked In his kind, quiet way, and
was telling them how difficult 1t would be for them
to live at peace In this part OF the country and
their families to some other part OF the country
where they would be fed and clothed by the govern
ment.
THE ASSASSINATION.
While DR.. Thomas was speaking Captain Jack
got up and walked back to where Meacham's horse
was tied, and then returning said aloud 'Hetuck'"
(Are you ready -and, pulling hts hand out OF his
pocket, snapped pistol at General Candy. This
diately commenced their bloody work. There was
no hurry or confusion in their manner; each man
had selected his victim and they had only been
waiting the signal. At the first snap OF Captain
Jacks pistol General Candy got up and ran in q
southerly direction followed by Captain Jack and
oiiuCk Nasty JILL WHO UOJH uTcu III HILL IHc poor
old gentleman ran about tlity yards. when he threw
up his hands and Tell.
GENERAL CANDY STABBED WHILE DOWN.
Bogus Charley, Shack Nasty Jim and another
Indian then threw themselves upon him and, after
stabbng him in the throat, stripped him OF every
thing he had on, They did not leave . vestge OF
clothing on his body and the only portion OF his
apparel found was . small black necktie.
Mr. Meacham rose at the same time a. General
Candy, to receive bullet from che pistol OF John
Schonchin, but he ran or Q short distance, about
seventy Or eighty yards ana then fell sh % IN four
underclothing and left him. as they supposed,
CHASTITY, bleeding corpse Poor
DIR. THOMAS WAS SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD
IN the first fire BY Boston Charley the treacherous
brute who had breakasted with him the same
ne and Sn s
spare his life. The hend replied by firing another
bullet through his head. and, at the same time,
Bogus Charley said to him,
"WHY you NO BELIEVE SQUAwW
Boston Charley after stripping the body Of Dr.
yS9 and CO. commenced sesiping MN, when the
squaw Tobe shouted, 1.-THE soldiers are comfngr'
and the cowT dey ram S on Mr. d Rysr wss
ran for camp followed By Hawker Jim, VINO
Haw law jim was gaining drew his Derringer. and
turning round, snapped It. The pistol did not go
he wheeled and ran back to where the rest Of his
party were finishing their bloody work. This whole
ENACTED IN VERY FEW MINUTES,
and before the troops got on the ground the MUIR
derers were safe in their rocky fastness.
heard a shout that came from above me at the sig
nal statiOn--"They are firing at the Peace Commis-
soners General a CANDY Calling the oa 70
arms Colonel Miller's and Major Throckmorton's
batteries OF artillery were soon skirmlsnng across t
scene OF the murder, followed closely by Colonel
Wright and Lieutenant Egan, with two companies
Trimble came next with Troops and F, OF the
First cavalry. When the troops came to where
the body OF their beloved General was lying oola
at first recognize him, but learning the horrid
truth they dashed forward among the rocks.
EAGER 10 RBvENGE HIS MURDER
While some were attending to the dead and
dying the troops were moving rapidly forward.
and i was with dm fs I nr kpr
to camp with the dead bodies Of General Candy
and DR.. Thomas and almost hopelessy wounded
Meacham. The Indian squaw, lobe, was In de-
SPAR, crying necessarily and muttering, why
thought In camp that the murder had not been
premeditated, and that the Indians had started
the shooting when they found that the Peace Com
their Old country. When we came
BACK FROM THR SCENE OF THE MURDER
I went into General Gillem's tent, and, as sat
down, he handed me piece OF paper on which was
written, General Canby-The Modocs have at
lacked said ~ %aa
note to General Candy, which Dr.. Cabaneso
had volunteered to take out, when the
ID was too late to the life OF OF the best and
noblest in the United States Army" It appears
that during the morning some Indians including
Scar-faced Charley and Steamboat Frank, came
out on the rocks on the east side and waved
white flag. Lieutenant Sherwood, OF the Twenty
first infantry who was officer OF the day, went out
TO see what they wanted accompanied by Lteuten-
ant Boyle, Quartermaster OF Colonel Mason's COM
mand
THE MURDER OF LIEUTENANT SHERWOOD
When they arrived within about sixty yards
Lieutenant Sherwood asked them what they
and M
wanted to talk with the 'little tyee's," and asked
them TO come upon the rocks where they
WERE This Lieutenant Sherwood refused to
do, and the Indians Immediately fired upon
them, wounding Lieutenant Sherwood severely
In two places. Lieutenant Boyle ran away
unhurt On hearing the shots o company mmedi-
ately left Colonel Mas0n's camp, led by Lieutenant
EQan who happened to be there visiting at the time,
ard Accommodated by Assistant surgeon De Witt.