, 1873-07-21

His Speech to The Military C0lnnitH~
Fort klamath u' ts Ger1s+podsn'' Of tho sa" Fran
Col Elliott-Tell Jack thu! everything he snya
will go to tho President.
Capt. Jack proceeded as follows: Riddle
always told ME to be 4 good man. know tho
white nep's heart, but not the Indians. Rose
borough has always giyon mo good advice.
hayo always known the whites had good hesrts:
do not know III tho Indiana. I considered
| know all tho, people in the coin
try, and they all know mo to be an honest
man. Everybody in Yreka knows mo, but you
mon hero do not. ! could always got pass
a good Indian. No man can say tllat have
when they saw mo pass, knew. I was good.
I have always spoken IL favor Of tho whites, but
cannot Soc why tho Whites got mad st me.
mover got anything, only what I paid for.
lived 1fl1o the whites, lived upon what could
kill and catch. I never beggod.
To Rddle-1 got it honestly;, havo always
taken your advice until tho wnr began. I hardly
know how to talk; do not know how whitc men
Talk. always told the whites to como and live
in my country without pay; did not know that
tho war WAS going to commence. NAL Jackson
was was 5ga to have talk ak viii % j. Applesate waatod
r. Miller to DO present. He gave mo good nd
vice. Miller wanted to talk for ME, and be proa-
Ont. D. Crowley also wanted me to got my
cae ' in tha s'fsa "oruns me- ~'q had uni 10 'asea eoea
on, and did not understand why they
came. When Jackson came to my camp,
I told hin, not to shoot: told Bogus
to aud fa @ o nG M you'd ID not Ged g. ohafsy v a
ing to have talk. I did not know why tIoy
ca1ne to fight mo: sat down; there woro only
fow thore-AIodocs. Tho Major shot my mon
44antt+ H$n
away; did not want to fight. I took caro- Of
my Wounded women, who were shot. ran
+ away I did nothing. went to tho Lava Bed,
| and only had few people,. I did not want to
aid turned him back; 7 stayed in tile Laya Bed
aud did mot vant to fight. taew no wlito man
| for long tinle. stayed in tho Lava Bed. John
Fairohild came ind asked mo If 1 wantod to fight.
saa "No; don't .,s ysns IT,, to hght a .ha|y any
reservation by way Of Linkyille. They got
frightened at Klamath Ferry, and ran away.
Then they, tho Hot Creeks, came to my camp
and told ine we would bo killed. They got scared
and all camo to mo. Some OF the Indians wero
still at IIot Crock, going by Lost River. aud
they ran away also. When all were at my place,
I told some to go back to Fairchild'a. Tho Hot
CroelB came to me, Hooka Jim on tho north
siao d1d not know Of tue murders nnti nti,
tho whites. did uot want them to stay. Did
not tell them to kill any one don't know who
told them to do 90. mover did. told uookn
mover killed any one, and it WAS not dono with
my conHont. Thought tho wlites liked mo..
To lIookR-What did you kill them for? You
dill 1t OH ynur own account. thought tho
wlitoB would bo mad. Never told any Of my
mon to Kill told tllo,n 1t was bnd aud that they
ought not to do it. Aftor leaving Lost River
did not intend to fight. FaIrohild told mo 1t vns
bai n,il il did not quit the soldiers wonli
como. told him 7 would quit II the soldiers
would. nlso told him waB afraid to 60 to litf
houne. did not como for long time; ! wat
afraid. | dld not get any news for long time
Fairchlld didn't como. After q long tinlo Fair
child came with a .squnw, and told mo t
nuke pence, tlat tho people, wore all mud
thoy fought all day the first day and !
little Of tic next day. They fought part o.
two dnys. Then Link River John told 1nt
not to be mad at tho Klamath I.akca aa thol
would not shoot at them. Ind talk Will
aomo Of the klamath l.akos. Aitor tho fight O.
tlo l7th Of January 1t was long time and y Ilt
fighting; long time and 10 talk. Fa!rcliilt
came and wanted mo to como and have goot
talk I[o told mo the whites wero mad on nc
count Of tho murders OH tho Tnlo Lake. tolt
him novor did II, I told him didn't waut t
fight, nor want my moro war, and was rohdy t.
| nutt. also told him didn't want LoHt Rive