Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-19

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side pk Captain Jacks positlon and directly under al
that fafnoas stronghold. General dilieni, who pl
had bssp waiting lhe arrival 81 his stores, and u
Warm Sprng Indians, issued orders yesterday for ca
tents % Be at1ack and dFa9n in compact shane to c6
ptues near Hospital Rock; for the troops to bel I'll
supplied with three days' ratIons and one hum Il
dEsd rounds o. ammunition; tot the cavalry to be
ready to move ct two .. m. to-day; for Col Ma d
s0ay on the oppoata side Of the Lava Bed, to m0Vs
| 81 the uatne hour ON the enemy. 'saHfl 4H a. v
Colonel Perry and Lieutenant Cresson, with the v
cavalry, we're TO move point beyond the main |,
cave, and coacsal Ihemasivss unttf Joined in the
morning BY the infanEry and artillery. It was S
hoped that when the latter companies LETT camp 4
the Monocs would observe them, aud IN an at /
tempt to cut them on would fell into hauds Of the
cavalry. These mcyenents were faithfully exc I
cutad probably hurried little on or. side by the
escape Of Long JEln, q Modoc, who was under
guard as a prisoner Of war. At midnight he
Ieaped past The Guard, and, ,eAOaped. though many
shOt9 wers fstd' a. him. 4 n K1's ~ Fi1N ! 8
! Atsix o'clock we heard the boom Of the hoWItz-
efs anf saw shells bursting over Captain Jacks
lompa Atthis time the Jocks were swarming
WIth 1udishs and the firing was rapid. The plan
1 Of battle was from the north side, Col. Mason was
$ to advance his command on the right, the Warm
e. Spring Indians on his left circling up along the
iedgSto unite with the troops from this side, Isav-
d ing only the lake for ths Modocs to escape by.
s Lieut. GreeEy was in camp in charge OF the arms
I While 1SrsSi6s along he ho shore, Just at the
head Of Long caye, about mile and half from |
JackS Camp, thotroops ehco0utsred the first Oppo-
= stion. Struggling shots were fired from the bluff
y at long range.
Z. ThSuen were dsployed in open sk'rmish order,
a and adyanoed slowly under such cover az the
~ rocks Afforded. Our fight opened gorge in the
~ bluff, from the right bank Of which came Atrag-
4; Cling shots, while q few fell around from the
~ left bank. Our skirmishsrs crept up, supported
~ BY the reserves, utti wO arrived at short range,
III when q second VOlley was fred from the bluff,
III tRsn e9lssftly fAVe ss tA.tsg lpdi-
The hrs was shshvy After standing about if
~ teen minutes the order 10 ehSrge was given, and
~ the msn Sprang forward amid the most deafeniug
NJ Yels from the Modocs. Such WI the rspility Of
n the onaaught and 30 unexpected the troops were
~ on them bsf0Fa they kn8 il, aud IN teH mi1-
~ qtss We weFa Inaster1 Of the situatlon, end our
III brave boys were behind the rocks raingat Their
jI leisure. General 0i'ie had sent "a order 60 Col
Mason 70 stE thsm Up on his sIde snd he lst intC
80 them with vengeance, disracting their attention
Nv and materially assisting OdrtrOOPs ,BlrtJIf
~ The charge vas gallant cne3 Meanwhile vi
e. lextEicatsd eur wound sd--fout in numhsr. Non,
Ssq SS SAN FR1NcIsco, April 17.ZThs following on
'1 cial dcapatch has been rsesived here sutsls 30
II slfH HEADQUARTERS MODoC ExPDIrloN,
LAVA BEDS, April IS.
MAI. GEN. SoHoFIEID, SAM Francisco - Hay
fought the Indians an day and driven them tO tn
.s.d immediate vicinity Of their strongholds. Qu
~ losses arc one OHacet, LienGs Egan wounded
1ha We hope 10 surround them Tomorrow
.iIv 9il"f51 a. Gl0rLHAl, CoIOnel Commanding.
d il p EgE FIGHEISa ON WEDNESDAY.
with LAVA BEDS, April 16.--During the night Il
that ModOes' position remained the same as they o.
IneM eupied at sunset Yesterday evening. This NOR
'Tck Ing holly contested hght took place on Colon
Won GrseneslaA-l The laglhns dn6aasOred to get
the lake for water but our troops succeeded in kec
lnon ing them away. Al a, N, despatch was
ssing CsvSd fFom AasOi{ ealRp saying some MOdO
cton had passed bat on his IeIt, and were then ON
rsnty Orders wsfe then given to sweep tho La
tnsy Heda- a deaRetch Wassent BY signal to CaI
nf Bernard, or1ering him, in the case the Modoes
got out on Col. Masou's left, to pursue them Il
nher mediAtsly with cavalry and give them no resk
en- At 10 o'clock our troops had gained OOnsideral
arinS ground, end the frin1 waa becoming more 4
a2t AS g9nss %PEssson Was Was that
qns47 Gel MaaOh TO move his right forward rapidly,
theM p0lsIOls join Col. Greene's isft TAiA win
lened the Modoc5 oG.
5,IHs : sSe TgnrER TSl a. ~ wrDSrsDA
: day .nolasiln,. EIeFyIAss
saEQAl sYREgA, April l7gvg Costello. special c9uri
asver arrived at HqO9s AAylpg lett head quarters
'Possd following news Of yestsrday's work;
~ hefl q Early WednesdaygA- III. the MOdOos ha
big Area AeiI eaTlR Major Thomas dro
ed Shell ditectly into Il, provoking fraI
tels- WarwhOOp. and causing the sudden extlngui
y the Ing Ofthe erss AhOthep she'll dropped In
Getting same locality, and was followed BY yells
tsQa5e 1Aln QlsnAB 2HA&I9HA,I,H,I
7 mar. ne NseoIs tesa PseSsg sLS sIa cnaIsS AEGi
6counbl shell Was tha answer, and they were dri
tihh. umck.s At 4A.iM.. after another fight,
FAf' lo1oca gave ~ tAe astelapt 70 break throV
iasl le4 nnsg ale Is.l5ea seateeging shees y
/ idsl Urea ~ lLeeh WNO .kse1 Rse4 " ~ Ma1y@uuo
@tehRuI thom.s ~ Al nine. o'clock Cel0nel GreeI
Y fflS- eommAnd moved forward from the posi-
a llS- 3ained on Tuesday, ana soon occupied
,is .rlaal fadoe next to JACK camp. -
IN fSISi & Oalonei Mason moved the right fOrW
iredIe- &c rapidly as possible to form 1nnctiOn
kCii6f 6en6Eal Glllems left. cutting the MOdOc;
y pasS. Ifr0m the lake, their only s0urce Of VI
1oFa m lsupply. The junction was effected at nc
SWever At . Z. H. Che nlOTtafs were throwing 81
dIls for within excellent range. Colonel Greene
INV tle lhaok hehlnd the ledge, awaiting the Mod
~ ~ akoa1aR the shelh drive them out. After
= Jinfsr-i ine the 0bd63 replied with yells, W
Sof VI Vlsra frsanont On the nth she'll there
lsfakes / & rallng DIRE, 4 small party Of men spI
mo ~. louk of the ichasm and came into th0
100 - and 4 Shaver 0e hulletA The falling
Vas caused by the WOdOcs danktng and o
ling a cno15 ilinoJ u O@s Miller, attemptn
form a junction with The Warm Spring
anss tlsh "a them, and hafawuug down
ko5ke4 4her rraat ehasm with. thirteen men, WI
ftvst " " uno6 u iiIBf for in6d hlmselfs q
Aaatu n fFhs llRaoos fought for thelR lives unit
y many tmort taFs and stood nc tlfo until
tdnls are I'D. Whetf tie dhells began falling In
ST. II Tkflag anAB they broke cover. star,lna .
Hooded the ledge, losing two men killed and
N uinnoaI wounded, I, The llne- was reformed and
N y tse i afoani the Mbdocs. Col. Mason sign
1s-1.5 that the MOdocs were On hls rear hank 9
~ Z. to ask ionk. AZ f4a Col. Mason 9 men
advaucing and the Indians were seen Q
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