Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-17

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Here the hammer fell
Cries of Let him go On now"
Mr.. Iutrell-l would like the induigtnse of
the House Tor two minutes only on this PROPOSE
tion.
ICries OF "Go on" go on,"l
Mr.. Shanks. did not rise iui the purpose of
antagoniZing this bill l only for the pur-
pose OF doing that which 1t sometimes becomes
necessary to do, say few words for the people
who do not seem TO have as many friends in this
country as think they ought to have That was
my purpose in what did say but the genl laman |
| from Oregon says that am mistaken in the histo-
ry of the matter. | ask you sir, what diiIeient
history did lie give ii the matter from that which
did lie confessed Judgement and he told
this House that hc had eaten mule-meat and one
thing and another in company with Ben Wright, |
and offered that as vndcatlon, suppole, iof |
that was the strength of his argument for the |
murders which Wright committed. lie sail
| another thing he said that Might had reason |
to believe he would be attacked. l asl, him |
what reason he had for so believing, when he wa, |
directing the murder these men who were then Al |
| his camp lia was not at tho Indians camp |
| they We're at his camp What information OF IN
expe ted tack had he whom he was piving the |
| way tU poison the ieen who were t. ha gutats At
his table,
| DO you spread feast 10; those who ,ou know
are gathered TO murder you, or do spread
| feasts ior those who they know are gathered
| to murder them Do they spread such a feast
| when they have been notified that murlerers are
| in their household No, sil /; 1t was a deception
| by Ben Wright He and his men had determined
| first to poison these Indians; but the. were noti-
fled beforehand by soma friendly Indian that the
meat was poisoned aud would not eat il, and
then they we're shot down by Ben Wright or
der
| Me- Lutreil. Mr., Chairman, IN reply to the
statement of the gentleman that Ben Wright had
| attempted to poison these Modes, deny it t2
| tote.
have resided in California since Wa, fou,tcen
years OF age know other country. | have
resided Iu the vicinity of these lava bsus for scv-
enteen OF eighteen years l knew Zen Wright,
and have known him well. A Drawer or more
honorable man never brcalhed the breath Of HE
deny that he attempted to poison the Indians. 1t
Is story got up by those 60 out, not to teach the
indians OF to instruct them, bat 10 rob them. 1t
is story got up by these people, to poison the
minds OF the people OF the Eastern States against
the frontiersmen.
u tell you that Ben Wright wJs innocent.
was in those lava beds last year. | went thers
with some of Ben Wrights men, with several OF
his followers who were present and participated III
mat light or massacre, as the gentleman terms it.
/ was on the ground where occurred tins so-cdlled
massacre. These ilen there said to me Ia the
presence or Others that not word OF this stoT,
was true They are men who are the bel CT ,us
! | OF my country, as good men III my other part
OF the world, aa,t they deay tins stoiy .. TO-.
very base calumny Gu the uame Of bravo II III.
will tell you sir what kind OF a massacre
5 that was. There was no beef purchased there
was no beef issued to The Indians; there wa
no arsenic or strychnine, or other poison pur-
chased. | defy the gentleman from Indiana
: DIR. SHANks to produce any proof that such
was The case. On the contrary, am prepar-
ed to produce proof that not one word of tllat
story Is true There were twenty 5 ven em-
) grants-men women and ehildren-traytling
II that country III Liskiyon County. They Were
= emgrants from Indiana, Illinois and othel
/ Western states. And when ia Iull View ol
Z the promised land the Modoes came upon them
e and murdered them, men women and children
1t and to-day their bones lie bleaching around
% the lava bed. Their bodies were mutilated ii
/ the most horrible and shoe King manner-too
: lndecen' and disgusting to allow OF deserip-
ID ton.
IL There were other trains Of emigrants coni-
!. ing along. Ben Wright, brave and honor
~ able man. gathered hfteen volunteers togetn
:, er and went out to protect those euiGlaut7
- lie met the MOdocs, and they agreed 10 hoi,
y a council of war-to have q peace talk. Tht
agreement was that the Modoc3 should come
At titteen in number leaving their arms in thei
T. camp, and that hey would deliver up all tn
Is property they had taken from the murdere,
T. emigraniS, and Ben Wright Was 10 meet then
4. with like number of men, and without arms
~ What was the result? 3? Instead of the Modoc
10 coming without arms and with the property
they came well armed, forty six in number
:" with weapons of war, ready 10 massacre Bel
"a Wright and his men. When he asked then
a. why they had come in that way they com
u menced strnging their bows and making read
90 | for fight. Then the fight commenced, and TO
a nearly two days they continued to fight IN
M til forty-three ModocS had bitten the du5
ne | That Is the sum total OF the Ben Wright mas
IT, 5acre; that is all there s of it, The gentleman
of statement to the contrary Notwithstanding
ty Those men, Mr.. Burgess. Haeck, and oil
: ers, reside in my county; they are men VIII
have occupied the highest positions within tn
r. gift of the people of my county, have held tn
lis office OF sheriff, and other prominent position
l of trust and honor, and are upright, hon0robl
ee men; they stand ready u testify tothc eorrec
re ness of what have said. Talk Of Modo
nd honesty Why slr they are the most treach
ost erous devils that ever brealhed the breath {
OF of life, and tell you the best Modoc | eve
Ia. saw was one that had been scalpei by tn
re- Snake Indians.
re. Mr.. Shanks wish to ask you how man
'ae of Captain Wrights men were killed
mt Mr.. Luttrell. One man was wounded.
lat Mr.. Shanks.-That answers my purpos
te. very well. My next question Is, ii nobody VIZ
to be armed at the meeting, how was it thu
,at CaptanWrights men were so thoroughly arm
I'm ed that at the fight, forty one Indians WEI
oc killed, and only one of Captain Wright's me
as as was wounded"
gnu Mr. Luttrell. | will tell you. When CaI
,ea ,ea tain Wright and his men came down over IL
M ieu hill they saw that the Indians were well arm
1ae me ed. He said to his men, Remain here, viii
an, o | go down nd talk with them, and upon II
sr first evidence of treachery that YOU see ii
lhe upon them.
in General Candy was dealing with Captain Ja'
as the lines Of the American Army were eloail
or. around Captain Jack and his force.
.ty . Mr. Iuttrell l beg to defer with the sc
nts tleman such was not the case.
sss. Here the hammer fell.
Iip, AIR Luttrell. | will detain the commit,
to but minute longer. Go on. The gentl
ess man says the American Army was closi