Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-21
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~ Modoc 'front.' It Il stately 1T two
%quaws have been captured andsII-
umphantly killed. The %treacherous
Modoos, leaving the soldiers skirmish-
Ing about the lava beds, have taken a
trip to the southwark, and by some It
is believed they will take another
stand AZ a large and moro inaccessible
lava cave six miles from their late
fighting ground. They are also said
to be short Of provisions and very
much dsmoralizsd. It 10 evident, how
ever, that they are fully able to take
care Of themselves. General Schof1eld
Is about starting for the front In order
to take the field In person. Plenty OF
munitions Of war have been sent for
ward. and also cavalry, provided with
large, nne American horses, In order
to chase the Modocs down If the cpl
zootlc does not Interfere. At Wash
ington the escape Of the Modocs Is va
riously commented upon In military
circles, and the opinion expressed tina.
Gen. Gillem has not done the best he
could with the forces at his command.
Unless the Nodes are Intercepted In
their retreat to the Pitt River country
by the troops detailed for that pur'
pose, they arc very likely to get away
In perfect safety, for the troops at the
lava beds are too slow altogether TO
catch anything unless Ii Is the ePizoo-
tic or something Of the kind.
The Modocs lind \ precedent In JUS
LITIGATION Of their recent t~reachery, In
a similar action on the part Of the
whites, about twenty years ago. In tho
Spring o flS5a, In order to punish nu-
msrous depreda.ions alleged to have
been committed BY the Modocs upon
white settlers and mining p~rospectors,
a company was armed and equipped at
Yreka, and under tho command Of
Benjamin Wright started cut TO pun
ish the Indians into subsection. They
wsre rs brave then as now, 1t seems,
for In three different skirmishes,
Wright and his troops came out second
best. They returned to Yreka, aud
Wright afterward devised a scheme to
poison the Indians by means Of strych-
mined beef, but Was induced to give It
up. Subsequently, he went out with a
peace commission, ostensibly to make
a treaty with the Indians. They re-
sponded to his overtures cordially,
aud the place appointed for the
conference was near whore General
Candy and DR.. Thomas were mas
sacred a few days ago. The pipe Of
peace was smoked, and passed around,
and tho terms Of the treaty were being
arranged, when suddenly at a pre-
concerted signal from Wright, his men
attacked the Indians, he himself lead
Ing of by drawing his revolver and
killing the Chief nsarest to him.
Eighteen Modocs fell victims to white
mems treachery, while only two Of
tho whites were wounded with arrows.
Wright and his party broughthome the
scalps Of the Indians as trophies of their
vslor. Subsequently Wright was ap-
polntedIndian Agent near the mouth OF
Rogue river. He was always on the
lookout for Modoc vengeance, and not
without reason, ter n night some OF
them got Into his cabin and killed
him As he slept, horribly mutilating
the body. His murderers were cap
tured and executed, but died exulting
In their accomplished revenge on
Wright. Captain Jack, Sconchin. Bos-
ton Charley, and Hooka Jim were
among the children Of that day, who
have lived to ~reclprocate the massacre
Of the Modoc Peace Commission by the
t~reacherous whites.