The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
THE M0DOC INDIAN WAR.
Commissioners Delano Hung in
 EMgy at Yreka.
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT SHERWOOD
Fighting in the Lava Bed-..Five Soldiers
 Killed and Fourteen Wounded.
FIVE MODOCS KILLED.
Escape of the Modocs to the Mountains--
 They Kill Teamster

1 ~'pe Oi 'he nodoCs to the Mountains
 They Kill a Teamster
 fREKA, April 13.-The excitement here ove, the news from the front is intense, nearly every one cOndemning the peace policy of Secretary Dciano. So great was the excitement last uiybt that ne was hung in efiigy from Il rope stretched | across the street. The efgy was placordad e ,T ! Dcano, Secretary Of the Interior. Tb,s v;,b ,t. Quaker Indian policy" Al the feet was ony cara, with tbe words, Make peace if it takes nIl Summer. C. DelOno" Flags are at baIr.mo.t aii over town, and every one wears a sorrowiul conn. 1 teuance. N'"' ARRIVAL OF TIE BODIES OF C,NbY AND ryox,s
 At 2;l5 r; N. courier arrived from the f-ont with official dcspatchcs and also win in C,r,,,,i, l thal tbc remains Of Gen Capbv and Dr Tbo,n,s "onld arrive in short time The streets bein,, crowded w'ih people procession was organlzed qua qua "".theu out, two by two, to escort the cor. | tege into town. At 4;3O F. NJ three fourbor,e | amouI'ncts entered the town, followed by al,out | lurcc hundred of our citizens, The remains were l cncased ID rough boxes. General Canby's were MaPpsu 'n lhc national colors. They were taken ! mo the Masonic Hal where they will bc cm. | baimed. They have reached here in a remarkably soOd state ot preservation. The remains of Dr. iuonlaS were at once placed in zine coffin and "iIl be forwarded to San Francisco as soon a, possible. The Generals body will remain here nntl clsket arrives. Captain IT. K Anderson neneral Canbys aid, came in charge of inc re- mains. ~ '
 VIOLATION OF THE WHITE FLAG.
 The attack ou Col. Mason's commapd yestcr]av was ioul piece Of treachery. Lieut. Sherwood officer Of the day saw a white aay ontsido ,L' picket inc, and went 10 sec what was wanted lheutenant Boyle accompanying him. They round an Indian boy, who wanted them to come hp to the rocks where he was but they womb hot Steamboat Frank then rose from the rock, ano called them to come. but they refused. when t"e ihulans opened fire on them At inc second ,t nUnsy Lieutenant Sherwood fell, shot through sne 'nIsh, breaking the bone close to the hip: he aiso received suot in the arfp seyeriuty an rierv me troops then turned out under Mason ,,a,t Iaguh reading the skirmish line. So rapid were their movements that they rescued the officers nte n hundred yards outside of the picket line Boyle was unhurt. 'N OhNEhAL cANBYs BODY TO BE CONVEYED TO
 INDIANAPOLIS.
 The following reached headquarters a,spv
 Washington, D. C., April l3
 Gencreral Schoheld, U. S. A';-The Presidc,, ~ ~unects that General Canby's remains be trans ported 10 Indianapolis, at public expense Mainr Hawkins has been ordered from De,roIt ,o por, 1 land to escort them " '''
 E. D. TOWNSEND, Adjutant- General
 fREKA, Apri! 13-Meacham may recover Al, fatal. '' 'S heccssarity eAprii o.-Lt Sherwood died from the effect 'i hiS wounds, received on the llth inst
 THE noDoc CAMP SPELLED. LAVA bEp, hpriI l6. N-During all of las, .snt lne shelilng Of the Modocs was kept up ,ue r s1eiI ielI ,n the midst of the Modoc camp , re- Great yelling and stampedpp ensurd [ GENERAL ADvANcE-DEsPERATE ENCOUNTER , The troops advanced on all sides A,,o ne Modocs cut of party of b soldiers anal [ iarluI ngbt ensucd. A vigorous sheIIing from C le mortars dispersed the Indians and the troops a ere rescued. |,
 FIGHTING FOR WATER a Tue Indians fought desperately to reach xra,or il " were unsuccessful in .i me hodocs are now quiet General GilIen lhks they are In Jacks Cave, and that if they n oe kept rom water they must surrender. or LII ,hc ,hc out ana lace the troops The General Is un. h he entirely to surround them. III
 gEiNEoRcEMENTs. pl SAN FRANCISCO, April l7-One hundred ,roo,s e U here thIs morning to reinforce General Gil. ca ms cOnmand ~
 THE FIRST DAYS YIGHr. fo The following is General Glem's official re- tr Tt of the first days fight: th LAVA BED, April I5.
 Schofed San Francisco CaIi mia :-l have fought the Indians all day and ie wen them 10 tbe immediate vicinity of their ongholds Our loss today is one officer. It gan, wounded, three enlisted men killed. and " "ounueo' nope To surround them to- 'Tow' A. C. GILLRM,
 Colonel Commanding s,,
 THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. oa Lieutenant Eagan, of Company c, Twelfth In. w; try, received iesh wound in the thigh. , sergeant II. Guide, of the same company. was Ih' unded in the leg.
 corporal Drew, of the same company. was for led. " ha Corporal Kilbeck, of Battery K, Fourth ArtiI. off ', received a scalp wound " corporal Delaney, of the same company, was "e unded in the leg. " ~ CTS 'harles Johnson, of Company K, First Cavalry. wi ed. tbi ed "''' 'u, 4 :, O'GSnnor Of Battery A, Fourth Artillery, o.r Dooley, Of Battery B, flesh wound of an arm. on , McManus, of Battery F, severe wound of tar iartin 0Connor, of Company G, Twelfth In- at 'homas Bernard, of Company K First Cavalry, und m left shoulder. '' in 'atrlck McManus, one of tEe leading mer. for ms oI ireka' while riding on his mule too IT tne redskins ambush, was wounded ,.,
 OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE FIGHT rn.. eneral scoheld received the following desno,o ,hs terday from General Gillem and dated at Inc , a Beds, April 10th: put O Major-Gcne schoheld. San Francisco the have had some severe fighting todny. Rol have driven the Indians about four hundred is, and have succeeded in cutting them oH wa, line or evacuoic ,Ieir s',onSH % n'''s lhf9ngh adv not more than four hundred yards from the 'acl tan caves can give no adequate discriptiOn out be ground over which we have fought Nor. bre n na "Sre ,nrown mo the Indian camp yes weT impossible, owing to the nature of the position urroond the Indians with my present force a ye tiiy-iour Warm Spring Indians under Don the Mckay; Our loss to-day is two killed and sold wounded. ALvAN c. GILLEM nett
 Colonel lst Cav, Commanding. nro
 ADDITIONAL TROOPS FORWARDED. etc. lmedlately upon receipt of the foregoing dis N h, General Schoheld ordered additional troops the 2 forwarded to reinforce Gen Gillem. The The ps, several hundred in number, together with s Y. city yesterday afternoon for the scene of ,Ss fide Nct General schoheld also teegTaphed fresh C ue'Ions 'o uen' oii'en, which Inc latter will not '0 SoN'o '''"e 'o'uy' achl
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