, 1873-02-05

! Barnard that he was wounded. Barnard made
an attempt 10 advance force go as to drive
clild's company. should. complete. their passage
| throu,,h to ltla command, and secure their
wounded. The effort, however, was abortiyo,
E7ea intLis recess the rnen were compelled ia
ont Of the range Of the bullets of Jacks mon,
| It was while lying in this way that George
! Roberts was shot, The faiinro Of tho attompt
| Of Colonel Barnard to bring them rolief made it
necessary for them to continue their position on
| tile ground in the rocks till night cano on. when
Colonel Rarnard's command.
Il would seem from tha lano.h of time t7af.red
ostcnsiby for the arriyal Of tho howi:zers. that
much reliance must hayo been p1aced in thn axo-
hardly used. and wore wholly nseless Far this
ho;yo;er. two reasous ara given. other Of which
would seem quito satisfactory. Cna ia. tI,at
owing to the density Of tLe foc Il 7;aa impossible
to see where the Indians yero until within raw
rods OF them, and that consoouontly nny efforts
to ehel1 them rnnet Iave 11roved wholly nhnrtro
the other is, that it. being from tho same cause
impossible to SEQ Captain Darnard's force, there
was IA rnnch dnnoer ~ f]nin orr ,,1on ~, thew
with i the He'll IoWitzora as nn canta;n JacI'a xar.
riors. Some eight shots woro fred from tho
Loyitzers imuodiatelv after forming in hattlo
line. moi. hovoyer. 40 muc', witl, ia idea Of
hurting jack as notifying Harnard Of tha force
adyancing to his snnrorts
The ss nns eeRtinusa "a e advance suffering mere
while mora continuous and severe. til tie b1iuk
has M his % Ths casm m in the
SURFACE Of tho earth. extends, il seems, entirely
On the lako to mountain Of rs rocks and acoSa s
its southern extremity. We do not know that
auy white porgon has over Thoroughly crplored
it. Wo do not suppose they have. Il ia known,
however, that it varies greatly in its dimensions
feet acroas and q few fcot deep st others it is
twenty. thirty or even fifty scroas. and az manV
in depth, Portions OF it IRE omen. while other
parts arc arched with rock, thus forming it into
q yubterrancan cavern. Here is The central.
and tho toughest part Of the lava bed,
and here Jack has lis stronghold. Colonel
Green's troops reached tha brinR OF tha chasm.
md Attempted to chnree it ;. but sucl1 waa the
atorm of bullots thnt came ont Of the foo that
cnyeloped it. that tho troops faltercd in dismay
ct tho Concealed death that awaited them The
attemnt to 1rivn tho Indians from this c}i.sm
was nbandoned md orders iasuad to concantrata cam
tho forcas on the lake shore with the view of
forcing q passage through to Barnard's com
mand
It had NOW rot to be aIope in thu aftarnoon:
Tho two portions Of the force fichtinr Inilians
had heen eroared within a rn;lo ~ t1To ~ oocI,
other for soyetai hours. bnt rs NO communica-
fion Ind nnssai. betwnen diem, ne;ther know
tic situation Of the other. nor what aiyan-~
fnecs thnr had coned = INV W. aver iha ca1,.
1o1n enenv. fsefora tba bottfa had corn.
,nonced aTrancamenta 1,ad bacn mada
for communicatinr batween tho fnrces
to tho east and those Vest Of jacks
camp by means Of sirrsIs Int tha fo, Ind mt
~ afactpai atnn r. IF ;n+n-cn,-rs =, {h; ~.
Hence Tho dete1m;nnt;on ~ tha nar+ ~ Hsre~oi
Whaaton to establish' If nossible. conornnnica-
ton with Captain Barnard by the lake shore. IN
the execution Of this purpose Captain Fnirclli1da
discovered HAT the carving ons of tha order
was full Of dancer. no;nt n rocks nroiecte1
into the Iakc. iInmeaintelv nnt]ar which Co'onei
Green's troops mugt 3ass to reacI, Canta;n Dar-
pard's command. Tho point. vas complotely en-
could shoot With six-ghnoters those missing
aronnd its hasa However nntrri t,sta nd;no t1,o
danger Of passing this point. Fairchi1d's COM
nanT passed It. n1thonoh fonr@ Of thoTn Wara.
wountad also Major Mason's infantry aud
Pcrrv Tas wonnda1 IN 18th tle am en;1 dolt, In
while uasainr. 'e
Shortly before sundovn the fog lifted a little
and the sun sloue ont for fow ninntes 5ur-
ing which the Signal Corpe rot to work. and
General Wheatou was euabled to 1earr, from
Captain Barnard what had been done on tho
cast side of Jacks camp. and l,e knew from his
own observation what had been dono an .th,
,7ost. A. the result Of this information he Or
take position he could hold durine The l,izht'
and return to his carop On The foIiowinc- 3av'
The troops still on tho west aide of JacEs ra1n;,
emLracinr tho Oroenn Volunteers and a norsinrn'
of Colonel Perry's dis1nounted cavalry Withdrew
aad returned to their camp of the night nrari-
oi,s Thna andod tha 1ong-1ool,aI fo- hn+t1o ~
tho lava bed.
Tho troops whicl, returned this way at the end
Of tho fight on Friday. reached their carnn at
Vcn Bremer's late SATURDAY. eVeninc Thoaa
Which felI back in the opposite direction raacbo
ed CANAAN Rarnard'a car1n ,,aer o,.;o Tao1,,
ranch. at about 8 o'clock Satnrdav aftartioon