The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-13
crime of causing the detention of
public vehicle, as well as the obstruc-
tion of the highway"
Easy Times of the Medoc Prisoners
in Kansas. r

in Kansas.
A lady correspondent of the Louis
vile Courier-J Journal, who paid visit
| to the Modocs in Kansas, writes
Lizzie, Capt. Jacks widow, had
quite nice little tent, and she did not
look more disconsolate than some ''pale-
face" widows of years standing. She
had washed the paint off her face. Do
YOU know their way of wearing mourn
ing is to paint their face black They
paint the entire face, or one-half, or the
cheeks, or the tip of the nose, according
as they feel more or less inconsolable.
Schonchin's widow, Mr.. Jones said, had
never washed the paint off her face /;
we saw her, and she was by no means
prepossessing in appearance. Every
now and then Lizzie will daub her whole
face up with black paint and keep it on
for weeks. She was rather pretty for
an Iudian, and very Young looking. She
is Mrs. Jack No. 2. Mrs. Jack No. ! is
old and ugly, and she takes care of Miss
Jack (who is about eighksor ten and her
own child) She S.nd Lizzie are quite
friendly; they accept the situation. I"
We saw Steamboat Franks mother.
She is hundred, the agent said but
l.
work ;" and, indeed, she did trot up and
down the hill, carrying a bucket of
water 10 each hand, as lively as any one
of them. ..
After while we all went up to the
Modoc camp and played "Inquisitive
jack" generally. Mrs. Y. and I went
over to Lizzie's tent. Mrs. Y. had
promised to buy basket of her. We
IL oF
Scar-faced Charley volunteered to guide
us. He is well named, from a scar on
his cheek that looks like the stroke of
hatchet on his cheek-bone. There were
three women in Lizzie's tent, and Mrs.
Y. and underwent a most minute scrr-
tiny as to our dress. They decided in
favor of her shoes on account of the
buttons. She had on a scarlet shawl
with black, green and gold stripes in
it, and I wore my Roman scarf. They
inspected both, and finally Lizzie patted
Mrs. Y.'s saying: "Nice, nice, and
then mine, pronouncing it "much nice,
NICE" and then "the three black crows"
nodded their heads in assent, as gravely
as a Judge. Thy were immensely
amused at my cropped head, and made
lots of fun of it, all through the camp.
They had general shooting of nickels
up here. At last gentleman offered
poHnd of tobacco to the best long shot,
but Miss L. and did not see the result
of this match, as Bogus Charley and
Jim wanted US to play GRO
quet with them. CA year ago it would
have sounded singular to speak of playing
with the Modocs, wouldn't it p
The grounds were IN the agency yard,
Just by the camp, and Mr.. Jones es-
corted us up, and introduced us to his
wife and mother. Miss and Jim
played together against Charley and me, |
and we had funny game. The Indians |
are splendid on long shots, and played |
we'll, too.
You would have laughed to see Mrs.
Young and Bogus Charley's wife COM
pairing babies. Mrs. Young's baby was
FIVE months old and the squaw's six, but |
the Indian baby was nearly twice the |
size of the other it was the fattest |
child / ever saw, and had the cutest" |
little hands and feet. Charley seemed |
very proud of it, and quite fond of his |
wife and children says "his wife can
cook much nice; ;" then, pointing round |
his tent, said " See, my wife have |
things nice, put out of way, see in box, |
not on ground" Hooka Jim asked me |
if I could read, (They all give r the |
sound of L. When [ asked him if he |
could, he said "littIe," and I opened |
the book at the second chapter of |
and he read nearly page very
indeed. I did not think he
miscalled single word but he read
slowly. like a. little child.