The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-19
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. 49,. snHsss1 as1 ~ oeuss-
sses1 0ssvee~
Leaving the bubarsc rslssss ssd ain
f the emp AZ the Nek fssvss. ~isA
the squs-s bArtsrtng their goverumess
rs,ious ~t,h The traders. The nedicins
men b-aung he hcdsv- pol~s and maA-
ing their dof~ful usmmeey. 80 aasep1
on y return intending Va visit sorne a
,he Moiccs, .ho occepy aiarg- rrassvs.
ton bn he vicini,y. These pccple cane
her. Ia 1873; OF rather they wers
btoughi here by the government virtu.
Nv as y puni.hhment for having en-
dAxed In tn. Mcdcc massacre and the
! ho~tilities In the laws beds; and arv
compelled TO r~msin. The Mcsio~. hsd
! believe. In = measure abandoned no
s<iic life. and werr settling gradually
into pastoral habits before the outbreak
of hostiiitics. 80 that ~ the close - the
xar, when the present occupants -
ms b~eseryaiioa came here, they we're
81 TAR removed from IN. blanket tndi.
ans In their piogruss toward cirilirs-
ton that they settled dowu. - y g,ncr.
OIL thing. IN the business ~ guilty aiing
vhe soil withon, tecaing the change very
sHriously. We Jaw only QUE OF too u
Ne log building. In which they live.
And those At y distance. They looked
- though they might b. comfortable
1or shelter. but thai ~As all. The square
Dog hut for which the Indian exchanges
his conicAl ~igwsm. Is not sn inviting
otructure. even though u h. rvomior
end better defended from the weather,
nd when ] came Ia contrast the grAce-
hi form ~ the tent and tn. bright col.
ors ii IN. camp In the savage life we
Dad seen with the somber and gloomy
espect Of these ugly SQUARE cabins. into
Nhich civilization invites the Indian as
Dis frs, step on, 81 savagcry. could
hardly wonder tina, the bssbaric love 10
bright "olors and graceful forms should
eraw him back 50 strongly to the old
ma.
field ~ $50 acres 81 corn. c~ul,ivu-
hd by the Modocs. wse shown us. In
the fields wrr, sevrral members II the
tribe gathesine ne crop, and among
them Bogus Charley. the present chief.
We stopped n, the edge Of the field IA
feed our horses. and nj our invitation
Bogus Charley came out and We talked
o. him about the pres~o, condition and
prospects of the tribe. He speaks
EDSfish quito veil and understands
readily ordinary conversation. Like
MI the Indians we saw. he seemed shy
and silent. answering our questions
freely. hut making no conversation
himself. lie told US there were NO in
the party that came In 1879. but that,
they had dvindled down by death "a
leo. In answer To our question II they
Fwere c%ontcnted. he said. sadly. "Oh.
vol. | expect we stay here now. We
no get back" But don't you like i,
hcres" mo. We no, like H." he said.
Too many die. We come here one
hundred aud fifty .hve-we only one
he pointed to the burial place over op
n hillside half u mile away. There wa
an exquisite tenderness In his way 81
saying this. and his u hummer now"
Wa so full Of gcn,leness and gravity
that, though he did not aim Mt any Fl.
feet beyond answering US. he did really
touch the feelings 81 US all. Then
when WI asked him II he wanted "a 10
back 10 his old home among the lava
beds. his eyes jus, frightened q little
and turned westward with the far
away look VI home sickness and long
Ing, and he said. YES, I like tn 70
back; my sister there; my frisuds thsre."
was much interested in this chief.
Bogus Charley. Other Indians com.
planned or begged. were sullen or
naughty; either posed or grovclcd. The
man, with felt hat, blue shirt, and over
alls, withou, bead or feather. or n touch
Of color. an utterly unh-roic person In
appearance. with no effort Mt display
or a,temp, tn excite sympathy or AL
miratiou. seemed Ia ms great In the
simplicity Of his talk. his unstudicd clio.
luence, his profound natural pathos,
his dignity without haughtiness. and
grace without afiectation. ald greatest
Of all In the philo-ophic resignation
with which he accepted his fate with
hardly q murmur or complaint. As he
stood there on n little eminence over
looking the cornfeld, his arms folded
and his 1.-the figure limned against the
sky, not looking nj W. n, W. drove
Away, IL WAS not difficult To picture IN
1 him q heroic last IL the Modocs. He
had said little. but the toae and man.
ner Of what he did say so impressed me
that for a while I did feel rs though
this man represented an agrieyed and
= despoiled race, and hat ]. n repre-
sentative Of the race that had wroDged
himShad so~me.hingt.o be sorry for, 1
presume j idealizc him. Well. nj any
rate. ! have the picture. and that ! shall
retain. But ~bst an unromantic namel
Bogus Charley Well, let him b.
Bogus, and go back Va the squalor Of
his cabin. The picture in my memory
is Of The Las, of the Modocs;" and
ktransfused with a glow from the sun.
pet. Bogus Charley is a fact, and a