Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-07-22
Captain Jack as a Prisoner

Confinement goes very hardly with
an Indian, and Capt. Jack has suffer
ed much since his Imprisonment
He is thin in flesh and haggard in
appearance. No doubt he vas es-
peciaIly discounted at the result of
his interview with the Chiefs, old
ScOnchin and Allen David. few days
before. He had been proved liar
there under very Notifying circum-
stances, and may have felt that his
case was weakened thereby. When
he came into this last MOdoc strong
hold. where TIE Modoc nation v'ee
peuned like sneep, ans kept und' r
vigiiant guard. it Is not unlikely that
the situation was presented to his
mind in G. very vivid light. He had
been a chief; had magHiiied his office
and had filed it with ali possible
dignity He had dictated terms to
the whites as long as they chose TO
par.ey with him. and, when they came
IN force, he had waged war with such
success as the world had never Deto;e
known
I imagine that the past swept
through his mind. He remembered
that the ;reachery ofpart ofhis people
had betrayed him 10 death, and that
his cherished dream of retaining his
birthplace and the home of his fathers
on Lost river was ended forever.
Here were his people captive, and he
in chans, and they were objects OF
sympathy for the hated white man.
No doubt. too, the. kind words, and
sympathetic looks. and tones of the
Boston women were something be-
yond his ideas and he sat for while
Col lowing the movements Of General
Davis with an eager. pleading look
that had in it something that was
un,ransIatable: that may have been
half wonderment, that they who were
to Judge and condemn him should
show such sympathy and kindness
and there must have been 4 lueston>
mo of the justice of that mystery OF
Providence that made him an Indian
wild aud untutored, and gave such
gifts, such wealth and such wonderful
power to the white man. The fOun-
aims of MS soul opened at these i'm
pressiOns and remembrances, and
tears coursed down tire cheek of the
ModOc chief who wll live in history
as the General of the lava beds. b is
two wives wept bitterly; old men,
aomen and children joined in the
vail. Jacks sister, Mary, sObbed
and cried with loud>voiced grief, and
the lady visitors lent their tears as
at the sorrows OF womanhoOd-sO true
it is that -, touch Of nature makes
the world akin" The General him
self has a sympathetic nature, and
though quick and impatient as sol
der does not lack appreciation IF the
finest feeling Of orr nature. tell
the story as he told it to me.
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The net increase in the valuation of
taxable property in New York city for
the new Year is $25,O00,O0
Cincinnati wants t. change tie
BIZ policemen for men who can chase
a thief three blocks without having
to sit dow n four times to rest.
Some Pi;tSburg boys made raid
on a c ler@yman's straw berry bed, and
one of them dropped a gold watch,
which the minister is now wearing.
Ignatius Donneily, ex-member Of
Congress from Minnesota, is irving to
fool the western farmers into sending
him back to the House Of Representa-
tives' lie wears hickory shirt, blue
denim ovcralls, and plantation shoes
without stockings.
A Polite man was making a royag
on the Danube, when the boat il
which he was sunk. When lie was
just on the point Of drowning he got
his head above he water for a mo
menr ard taking off his hat, said !: |
= Ladies md gentlemen, will YOU
plese excuse me-" and down he went.