New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-25
From the Toledo Blade,
THE NASBY LETTERS.
Nj. Sas5y. suggests a Quick and Easy
Method Ct Dispe,ing Of the Mod0cs.

.Ni. Sas5y. suggest. a Quick and Easy
Method Ct Dispesing Of the MOdOcs.
CcSr.DxI- ROADS.
sNA.C. - il tie State Kentucky
May :. 1873.
The great problem w the day seems to
be how 20 ga. the M0dOcs out Nv the holes
in the lava beds. so that they kin be re gu
iarly killed by the military forces uv the
Yconited States. Ez the government has
armed them rUther better. ez a rule. than
they have thei: own troops, and ez they
decline TO come out and fight by the regler
tactics. the cOEundruM is a hard one.
Ez it seems to be certain that whoever
goes out agii en-. gets killed, wood sejest
that the shortest way Nv e2din the war
wood be to compel the Indian and army
contractors 20 tite EN-. But presume they
wood object. They doubtless fni it more
profitable to furnish the soldiers and tie
Indians. Ez a Kentucky Democrat. who
hez never been reconstructed. and never
will be. Wood ce pleased to hev the tyrant
Grant and tue Cabinet which assists him n
his tyranny. 90 Oh this Gooty. 5us | d.n't
spose they will dc Il.
hev, however. a sejest:on foc int-appin
the willy savage.. which, with my yoosua;
generosity. give the public gratis ask
no reward. but et the government. hez a
sense Of g:a:!tood, the government knows
my address. which is Contede1it Y Roads.
Et reward is given me, l wood say. let it
be in sreeHbaeks. Medals are all well enuif
tor tutcher generashuns. but medals will
not buy ;ikker for this generashun; and
this is the enc hev an espeshal interest il.
BascCn Gon's recognize medals.
NV .dee IS best illustrated by tie mar.
caShuE W d incident which occurred a.
the Cross Roads. only last week, and w.eb
se;este,i il.
The Old citizens u: the Cros. Roads. in
a sportive mood. a few weeks ago, made it
solerab!y warm for Pollock and a dozen or
SO niggers. They bust;d in Poliock's house.
and bustid the head Nv every niger they
happened to lneet in the streets. One Nv
EN-. l b!eev. died from the injoories. Joe
BIZ gier and Pollock determined to see et
there wu:Z eny law in Kentucky to pro.
tect EN-. and to that end they made
complain. afore the grand joory. Tho. ez {.
matter uv iJke. indicted all the partle;-
pants. which iIciooded Captain McPelter,
Elder Peunibacher. Deekir Pogram.
Issaker Gavit: and myself. w course the
joory he'd no idea that we shood be arrested
but they WIZ mistaken. Tie Judge ard the
sheriff he'd ben over TO the Corners, only
week atore. and he'd he'd a di.poo. with
Bascom about a bar bill. and they took this
Opport0on:ty 20 grati1r their spite. They
came over with a strong possee to take the
entire lot ~ Us. ard eXpect!n resistance,
came armed
We got notice Nv their ;ntenshun and de-
tec,nined that. no matter wat the result.
wood no. submit to SO outrageous an
infriu cement Nv our rites ez kentuckiars.
We Wen: 10 the Churca-we took in with us
our shOt-guna ANA revOiVers-we barricadeI
tie doors and wiLdevs, and calmly awaited
the comm OF the m!nyuns Nv the law.
They came-tve Nv em. Seein our posi-
shun. TIE sheriff with white cloth on the
ramrod w his shotgun approached. aud
demanded that we surren0er.
Never" sez l. I'VE are armed to the
teeth. and wo be to 700 Ell you attempt to
take us. Go home. misguided man: The
Corners never surTeEders!'
He saw that we wuZ al! armed and weut
back fox co1suiasher. We cocden: hear
wat they sed. but tner aclshens WIZ ONE.
nus. They ga. down afore our citade. to
besiegeus. They fired sAots at Us az inter
walls. wicil we returned. tho no damage WIZ
done Cn either side.
The day wOrea We entered our for
tress at in the ,nornin, and at ii we began
to be anxious that the siege be raised. We
Good go without eaiIn a day or two. with.
out trouble. Blu, at Il O'Clock the terrible
fact occurred to Us that We Ledn. brot
with us a drop US whisky: not drop. Ez
we gazed on: Ov the wInders We Good see
the citizens W the Corners ;ockIn sai,v
iato Bascom'1. and l Good thrO the opan
door "v the grocery. see Mrs. B. settiu' ..
the tami.y-y bottle. au: the Grouthy sou
asswagin the;v thirst. The site WIZ mao
denim. Within twenty rods Nv sustenauc.
and no: drop 20 be had. Outside tb.
officers stoo,t-to vencher cut wuz arrest
an 1 yet. how Good we stay:
But we resolved land swcre eaci. 70 T. l,
othert. that. iikker or no ,ikker. We I'd
-
took Us they wood take Us ied: For men
who he'd not he'd drop for three hours.
with :. glosery IA full site. almost within
hearin nv the retresh!n gurgle Nv the tiooid
e2 Ii gushei from the bottles mouth. this
wuz more than Spartan hrlnnis. Greece in
hec panmies. days neve. furnished heroes
uv more sterne- mould. and the Greeks Nv
the O!den time We're TO slOuches.
AT half-past l: that venerable saint.
Deekin Pogram. wuZ nearly dellrious. and
down Elder PennDacker'. war bloc cheeks
teers chased each other in rapid succession.
We kin die. Elder sed the deekin.
I'VE kin-we kim responded the elder.
AT o'clock, Joe Big.er jined the besiegen
party. He talked a mint or two with the
sheriff. and one Nv the officers left. He
went into Bascom's. and in mint emerged
with a Jug. That Jug he carried up to
within ten rods u: the meetin house, and
sot 1t Oh dry goods box. with = tumbler !
beside it. We watched the ploceedin with ;
breathless interest. Joe Bigier. with a !
piece uv chalk. wrote in bold letters Gu that !
box:
"CORN wHlSKY-fREE"'
And the officers wen. back q few s.ar.. !
The deekin looked at it, and shudder |
shook his venerable frame.
''Parson." sed he. IL am an old man, and /
cant endoor privashuns as wunst Good. | /
will venchur out to see ef We kin compro.
mise with these crOoel. crooe! mer:"
And the deekin went. He reached the |,
Jug. poured out vefresher and swallered |
it. That act wuz the decentralization Nv
the party. Penuibacker rushed out. Issa-
ker Gavirt followed. Bascom foliered him.
and bein out Nv our stronghold VII. arrest
ed. one by one. without trouble amid the
jeers Nv the officers. Above all rang the
!eerlng latf Nv Bigler. who exultiuly re.
marht that he knew tina: no. one uv Us
Good resist the att:aeksLun Nv jug marked
free
Tha. mite We az, s'ep: il the jail :. So.
from w!cE We only emerged !
On giyin bail for or appearance at court.
This WIZ wat happened to Us. and the
way it happened. The Modocs. eft they are
ike other Injuns, hev eZ ardent atteckshun
tor whisky ez the average Cross Reader.
Let the commandin officer post sharp.
shooters in front w the sekret hidin places
Nv the noble red man. Let him rol. out
afore their hiding places. and within range
" the sharp-shooters, barre! Of
aew corn whisky, and put on i. an