New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-15

suffice. In 1854 they ceded all their lands
by treaty, to the United States government
| and agreed TO go upon the Klamath reser
walton. III 1864 the substance Of that treaty
was renewed This reservation is fifty by
forty miles in extent, lying east of Upper
klamath lake, and including the fertile anG
magnificent valley Of Sprague Ilver. II IL
never were permitted to live happily or
| this reservation. The klamath Lake In
dians-their bitter and hereditary enemies
| and greatly Oatnumbe ring them-were
placed on it with them toge Their with sew
eral hundred Piutes. The Klamath Lake
Indians were still on their own ancestral
soil. willie the Modocs were lot; and the
former continually tainted item with that
| fact, flung at them as interlope.s and beg
their fishing operations. lnsI,.e3 and beat
their women whenever hey could do
| it safely, and, in short. d:d everything
| that savages are SO lngeLlous n Going TO
make another tribe miserable. Brave and
| honest old Sconchin bore = a.. Ike Spar
| tan, having regard to HE promises, though
| the clamors and laments o. his people din
ned day and night in his ear, as re cries of
| lsrae, came up to Moses ard Aaron in the
desert. Only the presence q rte troops
prevented bloody outbreaks from occurring
continually. But at last, as before stated.
IN 1870, Captain Jack, although man Of
mean quality, coward aLG a thorough.
paced rascal, won the ma ori:v G: the PEG.
pie from Old ScOnchin b. s:C;ng with them
against tie treaty; and finally. rresumiug
upon the imbecile rule o. lie 1eserva-
ton, boldly marched away from t, and re-
turned TO the ModOcs ancient home on Lost
river. Some weak attempts were made
to induce him to return; bu-. presently, the
whole matter was dropped. aL.. ne and his
followers were allowed 10 roam whittier
they would. To remedy he .ne-adicable
hostility between the Moiocs ard the Kla-
math Lake Indians. new se- .f Eeserva-
ton buildings was established, On tie east
ern end Of the reserve. IL SpragEe River
Valley, and called "Yainax Rese-yatiop;'
to which the remaining 100 NoGoas, still
loya! to Sconchin, were removed. But,
with fatuousnass worthy OF re Indian Bu-
reau, 700 klamath Lake Indians were also
brought with them; and thus tie old ele.
ments Of discord were pecre-ua.ed
There was third band o: tie Modocs
split Oft, numbering only about forty, called
the ''Hot Creek Modocs.' who scknowl
edged neither the authority @: Sccnchin
nor Of Captain Jack. Ranging on Hot
Creek, Lower klamath lake, and Butte
Creek. under the quas. p1o.ectorate of
Messrs. Fairchild and Doris. they GepOrted
themselves with comparative pJopriety,
and were quiet.
Meantime, for two or three years, Captain
Jack and his IenegaGes roaueC. without
let or hindrance, throughout the whole
region along Lost river, Clear lake and the
adjoining waters, and even penetrated,
sometimes, as far east as Goose lake,
slaughtering certain cattle strayed away
from the herds owned Dy settlers on the
eastern shore of the lake. They drove
with them everywhere their immense bands
OF ponies, over government lands. over re-
servatlon lands, over claims OF settlers, con-
temputuously Indifferent 10 al. complaints
and circumstances, and Gepss. u-iCg vast
bodies OF grass to no good purpose. Many
OF the residents of these claims were bach 1
elors, necessarily absent good part Of the
day herding their cattle, ard into thier
cabins the MOdOcs would force their way
and commit lefty depredatioEs, OF perpe-
trate uncomfortable indecencses. If the
settler left wife behind lin, they would
compel her to serve them, fling water about
the house, whoOp. veil. bang the doors,
snatch articles out OF the cupboard, and be-
have generally with outrageous ard abom-
Unable indecency. For several months every |
ScOnchn's Indians would be fur |
Laughed from the reservation, and come !
down on Lost river and the lakes. They |
would also bring hundreds upen hundreds |
OF ponies along to Craze. though leaving !
many behind upon the reservation: but, |
aside from this otfense. they behaved well |
enough generally.
1t was the universal sentiment Of tie set |
tiers that they would make very little com.
plant over the loss OF pasturage: Tor that |
country is large enough. and rich enough |
II grass, heaven wot, to MAINTAIN all that I
will ever get into il .or the next twenty |
years. But what they did vigorously pro
test against, was the pIomiscuous run
ming to and fro of the llnDudenc sav-
ages. and the intoerabie pother they made
n their families. AS early as the summer
u 1872. there was a fierce and menacing
lndercurrent of talk running an ong all the
ettlers OF that region. especially CT the !
oregon side. 1t was evident that there was |
needed only slight occasion of mischief
long to bring forth bloody outbreak or
massacre.
On the part Of me reservation. what
we're the manifestations! Il was ard is
lrgued that the altitude of :he Whole Kla-
nath reservation is SO considerable as 20 |
preclude any useful cultivation Of the
cereals. and hence, notwithstanding -he
dimensions of the reserve. !. was
necessary to furlough the Indians good
while every summer 10 gather fist and roots
outside OF it, Bat no excuse was made or |
'Ould be made, for not bringing back Cap
ain Jack-at least during the winter As
hings were managed in that latitude. the
Indians were not at all 80 be blamed 1or
wanting their annual fu:lough; Tor II was
With them absolutely one Of two things-die
cots or starve. If they had sense enough
o keep cattle instead OF ponies. they might
AVE subsisted tat Y on their flesh but they
lad not. and there was NO one to advise |
hem. Yainax may De too frosty for tie |
uccesstul production of wheat, and require
0 import 40, 900 pounds Of tiou? wear; but |
exhibits nDe, spacious field OF that ca-
cal IN an advanced stage OF growth, and
new thrashing machine. II IS a good
altitude for hotel keeping and government
ations are cheap to the traveller 1T fifty |
ents meal, when there is no other stop
ing place for sixty miles on one sI0c and !
wenty on the other. The Indian, with his |
ne annual shirt and his stomach halt full |
i roots, on a frosty and nipping morning
Ooks into the coy dining room and sees a |
Chinaman serving a ervation
amliy and guests 1.-THE travelers) with hot, |
reased cakes OF government -four. 1t
you'd not answer to have an Indian IL there |
OOking, for he might surreptitiously hand |
ictuals out Of the window 20 his country.
len, and the hore! iarder be bankrupteG.
But every intelligent reader knows,
DO well. the sickening story of the
verage Indian reservation. Who flames
'aptain Jack fer not wanting to go I
ack to it. if he could help himselt-back ,
, this accursed pest-house II was a lnir.
Gle OF savage fidelity that Schonchin vol.
ntarily rode forty miles 20 get his Through
enewed. The Modocs were a chained ,
ger, tempered with by fools. They let
I'M play to the end Of Lis chain: .hey !
alled it, they coaxed him. they threat. {
led, they threw him crumbs, they let him
o again. He snarled, and they coddled
m. They begged him 70 come back: they
tvised him to come back: thev sent agents
urge him to come back. From first 20
st there has been brought 10 bear on the 6
linton OF this question a mixture OF sh!!Iy-