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when the wagon was sent was because
of the story Of the squaws. l can
now see that all the squaws and
Whittle's squaw lied to me. She
told me she was not Of my people,
and she did not give me good advice.
She told me if she didn't come back
next day 1 might know the soldiers
would come next day. I have told
all about the lies I heard, and l was
afraid to come. When you came to
see me I was not chief. When the
reporters came didn't want to fight,
and. did not know what to say. The
white mems chief believes his men,
but my men would not. told them
not toight. wanted to make peace,
but the men would net listen to me.
None of the men in the cave can say
I ever told them to fight and VIII IN
1 met in council it was in a friendly
way, and that if they would fight it
would be against my will. My be-
ing chief is the cause of the whites
thinking me the cause Of all this
trouble. 1 told them the whites
would think this, and they must fight
on their own account Hooka ad-
vocated fight, and. I got the blame.
Sconchin, with Hooka and all the rest
of my men were mad at me. There
were different thoughts about what
the whites would think. My men
would not. l love my wife and chill
dren, and 1 wanted peace. L never
commenced the fight. Hooka is the
one who always advocated fight; ne
called me an cold squaw." Hooka
and I fought; l told him he was the
cause, and if I could have seen him
wanted to kill him, because he
killed men on Tule Lake. thought
the whites wanted Lost River, and
that is why the fight commenced. |
flight with George, because l fell out
with Hooka, and be called me
squaw because I never. kill white
man. Her(George) had killed many
whites and soldiers. / told him so.
George was not ashamed Of it. He
told me lay around the camp like
a chunk, and they went and killed
and stole and were not afraid. They
would say to me. What do you want
with gun? You never do anything
with it. You sit on the rocks and no
nothing" I was not ashamed to be
called a 7quaw, and told them they
killed against my will. scarfaced
Charley told me he would go with
Hooka. told them to 60; I did not
want to live with them. Scarf zee
will tell everything, and I do not
want to keep .ny thing back.
Schonchin John followed, and said:
When I was .5r. ps,i on T., n;iiver
7 was scared IN r s-l:icrs wti;a
living in pc -
out hunting ~. o9f q '.a
soldiers wei
to kill my
why they CT.
putting the woa..u''i 80.
When got there Indians all gone,
houses on fire, and l went to the hills
in search of my family. found
Hooka Jim. He told me two of our
men killed. Hooka very mad, and
kept on in the mountains. I told
him not to fight, but to stay in the
mountains. | followed him a long
way and talked to him. lie saw four
white men. did not see them. l
was OF foot; the others were riding:
l left them at the lake. After we
parted my son followed Hooka. I
told him not to go. I sat down on a
rock for a long time. I looked to-
wards Lost River and saw the SOL
diers coming Then I came down
from the mountain to the lake and
met the Doctor and Hooka. told
them not to kill, but they would not
listen. I saw two men near the south
end of the lake.
The next day Captain Jack made
second speech, as follows
The four scouts, Bogus Charley,
Shacknasty Jim, Steamboat Frank,
and Hooka advocated, with ne and
others, the murder of General Candy
and the Peace Commissioners. The
discussion about the murder Of Can
by did not take place in my cave, but
in the camp Of the other Indians.
All the Indians agreed to the muir
der, because they did not want to go
away from this to another country.
Hooka Jim went out on the morning
of the llth of April for the express
purpose of killing Meacham. The
four scouts above mentioned all ad-
viseI me in council to be party to
the massacre of General Candy and
the Peace Commission, and always
thought I would have to bear the
blame. Another thing which made
me afraid to kill the Commissioners
was that I had been told that they
carried arms, and that they would
kill me when we met. Hooka Jim
again advised the killing of Meacham
and the Peace Commission, but | did
not want to do so or to have any
trouble with them.
The court soon after went into Sc
cret session, and it is thought the
Modocs will undoubtedly be found
guilty.
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