The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-02
CORY LAVA BEDS.
Further Particulars Of the Slaugh-
ter in the Rocks.
A TRIGHTTUL BUTCHERY.
Twenty-one Killed, Eighteen Wounded
and Six Missing.
THE MODOCSREJOIClNG
Lieutenant Cranston and Party
Given Up for Lost.
CONDITION OF THE. WOUNDED.
The Bodies of the Dead Officers
at Yreka.
THE MILITARY INACTIVE.
Arrival Of Generals Davis and Hardie and
Consolidation Of Troops.
Lieutenant CranstOn and Party
Given Up for Lost.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
The Bodies of the Dead Officers
at Yreka.
THE MILITARY INACTIVE.
Arrival Of Generals Davis and Hardie and
Consolidation Of Troops.

Arrival OF Generals Davis and Hardic and
Consolidation Of Troops.
LAVA BEDS, April 80, 1873
The troops have now all returned from the
scene of the slaughter of the Goth inst
Nothing has been heard of either Lieuten-
ant Arthur Cranston or Sergeant Selig or Pri-
vate Bloom, and it is presumed they must
have been killed Sergeant Selig and Private
Bloom were last seen running in the direction
of the centre of the lava beds, right into the
savages' den.
MoDoC REJOICING OVER THE MASSACRE
On Sunday night the Indians had large
fire built and danced around it for some time.
THE WARM SPRING INDIANS.
Donald Mckay and his Warm Spring Indians
were of little assistance, as our troops became
SO demoralized that they opened fire on them,
installing them for Modocs, and finally forced
them to retire.
THE BODIES OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED
were not recovered until about ten A. NJ. on
Sunday morning, and then the ground was SO
rough it took all day to bring them back in
camp. Our mules are all more or less down
with
THE EpIzooTY.
1t was also necessary to remain until dark
in order to avoid the Modocs, who were still
skirmishing among the rocks seeking for vic
Tins.
The Indians had completely surrounded
our troops before they opened fire, and when
THE MEN BROKE AND TOOK TO FLIGHT
many of them ran right into the jaws of
DEATH A number of small breastworks were
found near the dead and dying that had evil
IDENTIFY been put up by our men as protec-
ton against the fire of the enemy, but as
many were found shot through the back, it
was plainly evident they were surrounded on
all sides.
SOLDIERS FAITHFUL TO DEATH.
Four men were found lying around the dead
body Of Lieutenant Wright, two of whom
were dead and the others badly wounded
Major Thomas and Lieutenant Howe lay
among group of eleven others, six Of whom
were dead. Some of those still alive are very
badly wounded, having been shot in two or
three places.
STRENGTH OF THE ATTACKING PARTY.
From all accounts it appears they were
attacked by about thiny-fve Modocs, which
it is supposed is the full strength of the
enemy.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
They cannot now be in want of arms or
ammunition, as our men lost fourteen guns
and about two thousand rounds left on the
field.
Last night they had six fires burning, ex-
tending from near the foot of the lava butte
to the centre of the lava bed.
Eight Of the killed were buried on the
battlefield. Lieutenant Taylor of the Fourth
Artillery left this morning for Yreka with
the bodies of Captain Evan Thomas, Lieu
tenant Albion Howe, and Lieutenant Thomas
F. Wright.
THE WOUNDED
are doing well. The body Of Lieutenant
Sherwood, killed under white flag on April
IL, has also been sent to Yreka, en- route for the
East.
Lieutenant Harris was shot through the
shoulder, the ball ranging down. 1t was cut
out a little above the breast. Surgeon Semig
was shot through the shoulder and foot Both
are doing well and will recover. Some Of
THE BODIES WERE BADLY MuTnArEp
and had the feet and hands cut of. There
are, as far as yet discovered, twenty-one
killed, eighteen wounded and six missing.
There is little hope that the missing have
escaped.
General Davis, General Hardie, Captain
Sumner, Captain Lydecker and Chaplain Ray
nor will be in camp tomorrow night.
The Bodies or the Dead Oncers Lying I'm
state-Military Consolidation-No Ag-
grcssivc Movement at Present.
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