The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-19
Easy Times of. the Modoc Prisoners
in Kansas.


A lady correspondent of the Louis
vile Oourier-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 a 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 ineonsolable
Sehonchin's widow, Mr.. Jones said, had
never washed the paint off her face
we saw her, and she was by no means
prepossessiDg in appearance. Every
now and then Lizzie VIII daub her whole
face mp with black paint and keep it on
for weeks. She was rather pretty for
an Inaian, and very young looking. She
IS Mrs. Jack Ne. 2. Mrs. Jack No, is
old and ugly, and she takes care of Miss
Jack (who is about eight or ten and her
own chiid). She and Lizzie are quite
friendly /; they "accept the situation. +"
We saw Steamboat Franks mother.
She isJa hundred, the agent said but
Frank said, " She strong, much good for
work ;" and, indeed, she did trot up and
down the hill, carrying a bucket of
water il each hand, as lively as any one
of them.
After a while we all went up to the
Modoe camp and played g Inquisitive
Jack" generally. Mrs. Y. and I went
over to Liizzie's tent. Mrs. Y. had
promised to buy basket of her. We
asked some of them where it was, and
ScaFlfaeed Charley volunteered to guide
us. Heris we'll named, from a scar on
II l.
hatehet on his cheek-bOne. There were
three women in Lizzie's tent, and Mrs.
Y. and underwenba most minute scru-
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 / wore nv 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. tn Y were immensely
amused at my cropped head, and made
lots of fun of it, all through the camp.
They had a general shooting of nickels
up here. At last gentleman offered a
pound of tobacco to the best long shot,
but Miss L. and did not see the result
of this match, as Bogus Charley and
Shacknasty Jim wanted us TO play Gro
quet with them. ca year ago it would
have esOunded singular tospeak of playing
croquet 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
remarkably 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 g 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 Ii When / asked him If he
could, he said little" and opened
the book at the second chapter of
Mathew, and he read nearly page very
correctly indeed. I did not think he
miscalled single word /; but he read
slowly, like little child.