The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-06-12
CAE hlODOC RUSINESa.
On Wednesday of last weak tho

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Charley thirty.6ve years old. Jack
contemplated escape, but since the
shaokles werc put on has given up
hope. He protests against the "indig.
nifty" Il - Il d" 4. !, ..- - ="
In the afternoon Colonel Mason ar !,
rived from Falrchilds' ranch With the
infantry force Of the expedition and the
seventy Modoos who came in there a
few days since, making the total num-
Der OF captives in hand l2s.
The Warm Spring Indians had
jolly war dance in the evening.
About midnight word was received
that Hooka Jim aud Steamboat Frank
had made successful scout the day be.
fore, assisted BY the Oregon Volunteers,
and had trailed five warriors, four squaws
and Eve children to Timber Mountain
and there captured them. Among
the captives is Black Jim. He is a
Modoc who has killed settlers in that
region for two or three years, and com.
united cruel murders. Oregonians re-
gard him with special hatred. OoIy
i've or six Modoo warriors are now mis-.
| sing.
Late in the afternoon detail of men
brought to camp twenty juniper logs,
clean and straight. The use for whish
they were intended was not known I'm.
til next morning, when it tr.usp,red
that Gen. Davis proposed, at sunset
that evening, hanging . dozen of the
worst murderers among the Modocs,
and the logs were to be used tor COD
structing gallows. He felt that de.
lay was useless. But, to the disap.
polnt"r:siot and disgust Of all, Gen. d..
:, Wis received orders from Washington on
Thursday morning TO hold tho prison
ers, which stopped tho proceedings he
had under way.
On Thursday consultation was held
by the President, Secretary OF the In.
terror and General Sherman as to what
should be done with the captured Mo.
docs. 1t was decided to submit the
lquestion to the Attorney General as to
whether they should be tried by mil:
itary commission or RENTED t. the
Supreme Court. On saturdsr, Attorney tori
General Williams made q rano,t in
which he reviewed = me facts in the cast
ana inc mar ~ law, concluding witt
ia OPTION that "a military commission
may We appointed to try such Of tn
Mcdoc Indians now in custody as ar
charged with offences against the re-
cognized laws of war, and that if upo'
. any such trial any are found guilty
they may be subjected to saoh punish
ment as the laws require or justify"
i Dispatches from Boyle's camp, da
ted Sunday, relate the particulars Of al
atrocious massacre of Modoo pris
oners, it is supposed by the Orege'
Il volunteers. Saturday morning, Johl
3 James Fairchild and about a doze'
}, other men left Fairchild rancho, Got
+ tonwood Creek, with seventeen Modo,
, captives, men, women and children, IN
= Guiding Shacknasty Jim, Bogus Char
!. Icy, Tehee Jack, Pony and Little John.
. The Indians were IN a wagon drawn b!
t four mules. At the crossing of Los
Q river the party encountered the Oregon
e volunteers, under command Of Capt
d Histler. The soldiers gathered abou
u the wagon aud questioned Fairchild
r The latter told them that the Modoc
q we're all Hot Greeks except Little John
n that there were no charges agaius
Il them. Faircnild undertook to push O.
i to Boyle's camp, and the volunteer
retired 10 camp near Crowley's. A
4 Rock Point he was Intercepted b
o twenty men who had ridden ahead, an
q needle gun was held close to hi
q head while the white villains shot th
y Eve unarmed warriors A team AZ
Al preaching, the cowardly murderers tod
d rapidly away. The affair was reporte
to Gen. Davis the next morning, bu
as yet no steps have been taken tor th
Is apprehension of the scoundrels, wh
Is are supposed to belong to- the Orego
1t volunteers: They should be capture
Of and hung With Captain jack an
70 Schonohiu. We have no sympath
with the Modoos, but this oowsrdl
\ murder is no better than the worst I,
i. their crimes and deserves as severe
n punishment. We can el.im no >rsgt
to punish the Indians olong as We Al
low white men to violate with impunl,
the laws to which We would hold I'll
,. savsges ameaable: 1T was q oowardl
3, and dastardly affair." g." 7 :5'Hi
le In an interview on Sunday betwee
D. General Davis, Capt. Jack and "Schor
chin, the Modoo chief said he was in
a. cited to his cruel warfare by Allen D,
vid, chief Of the Klamaths. He al
+ denied having killed General eCanb
at ana laid the blame on the boys. Soho,
chin told the same story.
Mrs. Bradley and daug Inter, MI
j. Schiers, and two women who were vii
~ owed by the Modocs, are on hand
y identify the Modoo prisoners. The
10 women were 50 exasperated on seem
their husbands murdererss that y the
a. lost all control over their feelings, be
70 gan crying, and started in for despera
4. work. Mrs. schiera drew pistol an
ia started for Steamboat Frank, and Mr.
Bradley drew q knife and dashed