The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-04-17

tue IeHIvASOu, which ha0 Deen located.
This all happened subsequently, TO Mr..
SteeIe's agreement With the Modes. Az the
terms Of this treaty are entirely repuRnant
10 tue one ~ up BY Mr.. Steele, the Modocs.
OF counse, absndooed vhaiever rights they
might have claimed under that, II il had
had any validity, when they accepted this.
Furthermore, JACK acknowledged bis accept.
ance OF this treaty in the most formal man.
nef. By going On the reservation in 1869, in
puFsuance Of III terms.
30 lar therefore from Jack being on his
own territory on Lott River-tesritosy in
herited from his fathers and guaranteed %
him BY solemn treaty With the Uaiied
Statea-he was there in violation Of the ex-
press terms Of . treaty, the obligations Of
which he had himself acknowledged in the
most solemn manner. His title TO the land
on Lost River-vhatever its character osigi-
nally-had been legally - completely ex.
tinguished a has the title Of s:le Shasias TO
the land on which Yerka stands. And the
right OF American citizens to take up that
land under tie homestead and redemption
Laws Of the United States was as perfect - 10
their right to homestead or pre-empt any
lands In Shasta OF Scott valley. The Does.
ton then, in snply legal point Of view, to
be coosideiei Vas not whether the American
citizens Who had taken up and we're improv-
ing ranches on Lost River and along the
borders Of Tule Lake were Obnoxious TO
Captain Jack and bis follower, bat WHISTLER
the latter were obooxious to the settlers.
The settlers were there in their own right
under the laws Of the United Statep; the In
dams were there merely By su6erance.
Had the Indians made themselves oboox-
ious to the settlers, and did the latter ask the
removal Of the former?
In the Union Of October g, 1872, We pub
lished, on the authority Of A. Mckay, Who
bad spent the latter part Of the summer in
the country between Tule and Goose lake.,
attached to Ingall's surveying party, the
following stsfements:
Jack and his followers are camped On the
banks of Lost River, near the site of the
Natural Bridge. and laiterly have exhibited
more than their usual insolence to settlers
in the vicinity, and in numerous instances
have committed depredations on their stock
They have killed some five head belonging
to LOUIS Land, who lives on the south
eastem border Of Tule Lake; they have
given orders toa settler, known as ''Dennis, ("
TO leave; and, in presence of Mckay, - he
vas on his way to Yreka, they demanded Of
another settler two @cks of flour.
This vas published just one month prior
to the frst hattie With the Modes on Lost
River, and Is reproduced now to show that
the charge Of Aggressive and out
rageous conduct on the part Of the In
dians on Lost River towards their white
nsighbors has not been trumped up since the
commencement of the dii6culties, AZ We
have heard intimaied. The instances aLaye
are, We have reason to believe, only samples |
Of what were continually occurring. Fami- |
lies in this town could bear witness to such |
boidness on the part Of the Modes, in enter.
ing their enclosures and even houses, and |
such insolence of demeanor when told 10 70 /
out ~ would shock many OF those who are
now holding up their heads in holy honor
At the wickednes of the war now wased /
against them. And there is not lady in
Yreka but devou,:y prays that Whatever
may be the result of the war, there may be
made such disposition of the Modocs that
they will never again be permitted, n q
row ns band of gypsies, to 60 where they
please with license to shock all modesty,
to outrage all decency, and obtrude their
filthy and offensive persons into the private
grounds and even residences of citizens, ~
they have heretofore done.
In this connection it is proper to state the
Circumstances under which Henry Miller,
Who was one of the persons massacred BY
the Indians, after the first battle, bore testi-
mony to the good conduct of the Indians,
and stated that he did not desire their re-
moval, when INTERCEPTED BY Colonel OILS,
who was sent on from Washington some
months since to inquire into the condition
Of the Indians, and also ascertain the wishes
of the settlers With reference to them. I'm
mediately after giving this testimony he came
to Fairchilds and detailed to him the ques-
lions which had been asked him and the an
swers be had given; stating that his life de-
pended on his giving the answers he had.
He complained bitterly because be had been
placed in petition where be must give false
answers to the questions asked or pay the
penalty for speaking the truth with his life.
rhe seeial Evil-Whas Gse Of she
Fallea Has - Soy.
Correspondents Of the Democrat
ST. LOUIS, April 8, 1873.
I see in your Sunday edition an account
# the action Of meeting which took place,
Sunday afternoon, for the purpose Of agi- ,
ordinance. After carefully reading the va
Inst impression on my mind was that these :
more about the theoretical and possibly :
moral than they did of the actual effect Of
his ordinance upon the women for whose .
'ercepible Inconsistency in their opinions: ;
vhile one prays for our deliverance, The =
ther seems disposed to put % in q peni. =
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