Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-04-24
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NO.. II.
THE BRoTHERroN MASSACRE.

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Brotherton and his two sons, aged re
spectively eleven and twenty-five years
They had been in the woods fora loac
Of fuel, and were then approaching The
rancho on their return, with two four
horse teams. The Indians under com
mand OF Scar-faced Charley, at once
stopped the teams, and shot dowr
the elder Brotherton as he sat on the
wagon. The two boys tried to run,
but were killed before they had gone
fifty yards. The Indians, then unhiseh-
ed the eight horses. mounted them
and started for the house, where they
doubtless intended the murder of the
Brotherton family-the laother and
two young sons. Here they met the
first check. The placky women, GUS
peetlng that something. was wrong
from the fact that they were mounted
on her husbands horae1, resolved to
sell her life. dearly. She had three
rifles in the house, and putting one in
the hands Of each OF her sons, she lock
ed the door and built a barriead be-
hind the Windows Of sacks OF Aour.
| Then she waited the approach OF the
Indians. They soon came up ana de-
manded admittanca. The brave wo-
mans answer was rifle DULLES, which
she sent crashing through ths skull. Ct
one Of the savages. The boys also
began firing, aad the Indians, taking
shelter Ill some trees, returned tbe fire
vigorously, but without doing any
damage. The woman and her two
sons kept Up the battle, and j. was
not long before another Indian was
killed. Fer two days the daring vo-
man kept watch, rife in hand. but
the Indians did not renew their attack.
She had beaten them of, and kept
them at such distance that they could
Eot burn the house That Eight
George Uock and party came and
rescued Mrs. BrothertoI and children,
carrying thera to the settlements.
TIL BEGINNING OF THE END.
It was now Dl;d-winter, and Captain
Jack and bis bloodthirstv bend BEGAN
raiding END aaraudins around The
neighborhood Of tie lava beds south O.
Tuls Or 2hatt Lake. The o,.trages
on the csttlere became SO frequent
chat the troops were called OF to ex-
ert all tier energies 10 capture the
lawless band But all the efforts CT
the soldier proved futile. Jack and
his men took to tho lava bed-. GsY-
eral attempts were made TO route them
cut, each and every one falling. Three
OF four battles were fought, and result
ed in the repClse Of the troops. The
last attack was made by Colonel Gillem,
commanding force Of three hun
dred men, some six weeks since. The
nature Of the county was evidently
unknown to the commanding officers,
for with this small number they I'M
dertook to storm the Indian stronghold,
meeting with sharp defeat. There
after it was resolved to push forward
the means for attaining peace upon
a double basis. Three hundred ad-
ditional troops, under Gen. Candy,
were hurried forward to punish the
Indians, and full peace commission
was organized to pacify them. In the
meantime the Indians made sally,
but were repulsad Before the troops
moved again the negotiations were
opened. Iran geInents were speedily
made for 3 surrender, in which tie
Indians were TO be protected from Tie
enraged Cregonians and transported
to some reservation. A Gay was ap-
pointed ard agreed to foc tie surrender
TO take place. Wa ns were sel,t by
the commissioners to convey Captain
Jacks baggage over the roug h ground;
but NC signs OF the Indians were dis
soverable. Days passed, and st length
an Indian appeared who complained
that Captain Jack and his fellows were
fearful Of the troops, and that they
wanted to go to their old Lost river
reservation. The troops under Gen
eral Candy now moved forward again,
ard commenced TO encircle the savagcs
in their fortress. The circle was
drawn gradually closer, snd the In
dians again professed g desire for
peace conferences, They saw the
troops drawing closer and closer, and
now set ap new demand. They
objected altogether TO leaving the lave
beds, and wanted tho troops sent
away. Notwithstanding this prepos-
tsrous demand, the peace commission
ers listened to the palaver Of the braves
Several interviews took place. The
story Of the last one is told in this
mornings dispatches from the lava bed
camps.