Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-04-19
THE MODOC MASS tCls E..

ordered the Modoc Indians, or, more truly,
a rcbcllious fragment Of that tribe, to be re-
moved to II reservation waici it hui desig
mated In Southern Org IN. A year has
elapsed. aud ,htl order is not yet ob,yrd. a
whole year has betn wasted in the d .ilying 0I
Peace Commissions, and in iruilcss interviews
and the MOlucs are no ncaTcr their rcs2rva-
ton now, than thy Icre . year ago. Fora
whole year, The spectacle has been presented
of this great Government neJOtia iLS with IL
mere handful OF paupers and mGpdcrcrs, and
seeking 10 make terms Of peace with them
negotiating frequently altcr its troops lral
been defeated, and fresh outrlges nal baen
perpetrateA upon tho Gefenseless settlers of
| Oregon. This farce eliminated OH the 10th
inst. in the brutal murder of two of the Peace
Commissioners and one OF The most gallant
and us 'fil oili ;1rs o, til, ar,ny, wac, ifh. had
been left to follow his own c>unsvl4, would
probably long ago, have settled the MJdJc
question.
The death OF such mn ofllctr ~ Gen CImby,
who was sONlier and man y iihout icur and
without rprouoh, isa nalinnal calamity.
The following brei bat clear sccounl oflhc
|
| lton 1t Is ffun, the n Y. Herh
Between lUlhnd II o'ciock tai, mlrhing,
tho Peace Cognmas m rast,, Comprising q II.
| Capiy, a. u, tIencnain, DR.. lho.i.s MIR. ID, =
| ar, Riddle, the Interpreter, and sqiiW, and
T"Bu slls Ciilrl'y" anl 'BJs.oI, Cuarley"
went out ino a designated spot There tnry
met Capt. jack, Jdhn Scn0nscln. "Black
jim" SHACK Nasty jim Eirn's MN, and
'Huwkcr, each curcd pistol ~ his brH.--
This however, was not much noticed, aa in
| previous interviews they hal had their guns
with them. They sill down in Il kind Of broken
circle, aud Gen, CHnby, Munchnm, and Ia
Thomas, Sal together faced Uy Capt. Jack
and SchoOnschn. Dyar stooi bY JACK, hold
| Ing his horse with "llawkrr Jim and Shuck
Nasty Jim 10 his lctl NJ 'acnnm opened the
talk, anu gtyea long history Ol whut they
wiIlled tn do ior them, alter which Gjn Cah-
by md DIR, Thomas both talked Tor sOme lime.
| Capt. Jack then talked In an apparently good
serious slrnin and when he hIiishrd stepped
back To the rear near where Mcachanl's horse
WIS hItched Schoschln then begun to, talk
and while hn WIS speaking, Dyar neard u cap
mlsS hre ana loukiAg around saw Capt JACK
| 10 MS lcll, with his pistol pointed NJ Grd Can
by. This was the signal Tor general IN ,SSa-
ere, and u DOZEN shots were hrcd inside Of
halt II minnie. Capt Jack fired again on Gen
Candy The old gentleman ran off To the et
but Was speedily shot down killed instantly.
| Meachdn was snot at hy ScunscIn and wound
ed In the head, lie tried to draw his derrn,
ger, when two Indians ran up aud knocked
hlm down. Dr. Thomas was killed almost
Instantly by two pistol snots In the head
Riddle ran oil, aud, IL appears, ihry Gid moi
fire NJ him, but they knocked his squaw down,
Dyar, Riddle and the sqnaw return Il in safe
| " 10 the camp About hundred yards 10
| tue west of the place Ol meeting was found A.
| Is. Meacham, badly wounded, with pistol
shot over the lcil eye Flly yards further, on
was the body oflhe ltey. DE- Thomas lying on
his face aud stripped To The waist. LIe was
eNiineet from plsiol-shOt wounds Ia the hea..
| Tue body ol Gen. Sanby Was stripped 0feVtry
yesIise ul clothing, and lay about one hundred
yards 10 the south ward, VITA Two pistol snOt
wounds In the head
This trcachcry and murder is SO horrlyng,
that The common sentiment is yengeuee aud
the cxicrminalion OF this handful-5B all told
OF these miserable MuaOcs warriors The
Government seems disposed 10 yield TO the
popular feeling, and troops have been ordered
10 this duty. II is,therelore hoped that this Mo
doc question must now be put bcyon any fur,
lher negotiations. Lit the Pace Commits
sloneH b. seut home, aud let Gen. Schoheld
and Gillen settle the question with grape and
canlstr. That is the only hrm of inyesliga.
lion which the peopl, will ,uberale. Lei
Capt. Jack" Boston Charley "Bogu.
Charley" John Sehlusehiu. "BIack Jim =
. shack Nasty jim and lIIwk-r Jim WIN
werethe murdcrcrs at the con creme i, lu cap.
tured II possible AMI hanged, for there l.
nothing which IN Indian dr,als So much as
hanging, To kill them IN batle would he a
dignity In their oyes. LIT the rest ot the
worthless, numbering gang be shot down HAe
' dogs, ms a terrible warning To oher tribe,
. which have been emboldencd. by the policy o
!, the government, " make arrangements foI
. agensni war IL -.s--lI-aias g
ts- The particulars of the scntencc Of Gen
.,l FremGnt and six others interested with hin
! In the negotiatiJnor Memphis, s. E Pas
have oeen brought by late European mails
!, One OF the points taken ~ clearly pf0vec
: was that out OF The 90 500 900 frances which
= b nd been subscribed 10 spurious bonds, IA
Q 500. 900 frances has heeR distributed among III
Il promulers Of the scheme as commissions, an,
: paid out for bringing The. bonds into publ
. notice ~ ~
q Fremont has now, tits asserted, been clean
I'd Of NIL efjmiaality In This nattsnl. =