Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-04-23

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dangerously hur'. hO~syeT, aHi seui this
dispatch to hi. itleI'is o. the Hast Ns'
wounded. tO-las. b. the hOdOes IN the
arm aOd leg. Ara doing we'll" He
wounds. however. proved more serious
than vas Al ir,i supposed. the shot il the
arm having severed 40 artery, aud "a lAsi
resulted fatally. - e.
Rev. DIR. Eleanr Thomas, VIA was
murdered by the Moloes. sas.Esll known
through the Methods, ehsrch. both at the
Eat ani On the Pacific coast His early
ministry was passed in the Genesee IN. ~
conference. but he went TO CslifOrsiu yesFs
egs. where he tersed three qdadrenuiAl
term, as editor Of the California Christian
/ Advocate. aud from 1865 TO 1912 vas
agent Of the book concern at San Francisco.
aud was considered the representative Ct
the Methodist church on the Pacific coast.
In the latter year he reported 20 the
bishop Of the California conference for q
regular appointment. aud was placed on
the petaluma district. where he remained
until summoned to the perilous service on
the peace commission which has cost hin
his life. lie WIS selected by Secretary
Dulano on the RECOMMENDATION Of Senator
Sargent Of California, who speaks Of him
as an influential aud popular gentleman
on the Pacific coast, aud one calculated
TO command the respect and confidence
Of the Indians ~ any ATTEMPTED ncgo'a
tious for peace. He was lelreinl hid 10
.now # he Sjallai,ept the position at
TIC request Of the president, aud, on re-
plying affirmalirely, be was APPOINTED.
Jesse Arplegaic, who was Que of the
original peace commissioners, furnishes
his description Of the position occupied
ny the Modocs: The word "pedregal, Il
ike the word canyon, has been intro.
duccd iuto our language from the Spanish
a, designating feature of the topography
.uore clearly AMI tersely than any word OF
phrase il our language. As by the word
.'cabyon" the idea OF a ravine between
walls of rock is conveyed to the mind, so
ny the word 'pedregal" We understand au
Irregular volcanic surface Of basalt, trach-
yte. et,, more or less broken Into up
heayaIs frCm below, and cracked and ifs
,urcd in the process Of cooling. The
stronghold of the Aiodoc Indians is "pcd.
regal" of the most extensive aid elabo.
rate description; it occupies, with but few
intervals. loo square miie'. IL yO', eau,
imagine Il smooth, solid sheet OF granite
ten miles square and 500 feet thick, GOV.
rring rcsistless mines Of gunpowder scat.
erred at irregular intervals under ii; That
three mines are exploded Simultaneously,
rcudiug the whole 6eld into rectangular
aasses from the size of match box to
that Of a church, heapng these masses
high in some places aud leaving deep
cha.m ms in others. Following the expo.
sion the whole thing is placed in one of
yulcan's crucibes aud heated up to point
when the whole begins to fuse and run 10.
geher, and then suffered to cool The
roushness Of the upper surface remains as
he explosion left it, while all below is
money -ccmbed by the cracks and creviceS
caused by the cooling Of the melted rock.
From the top of one o. these stone pyra-
mids an Indian can shoot man without
even exposing a square inch Of himself.
lie can. with due haste, load and shoot q
common muzzle-loading rifle ten times be.
fore man can scramble over the rocks
aud chains between the slain and SLAYER.
If at this terrible expense Of life n force
dislodges him from bis cave, he has only
to drop into ami follow some subtcrranean
passage with which he is familiar to gain
another ambush. fr in whence it will cost
ten more lives to dislodge him and 90 on.
THE --latest EouINg DIsrEMpER. For
the INST Two Months the new malaly