, 1879-02-15
MOSES CAPTURE.
Tie True Story Of Noses Captu-..

I
very graphic and romantic account of the
capture of the willy Moses, /; reads like a
story OF the troubles our foreiathers un.
derwent under similar circumstances hun
dred years ago. The modest Indian bureau
have appropriated all the credit for the cap
ture TO their department. THIS statement is
writ zen so true and simple that our readers
VIII be a. no loss to give our own boys the
full credit for all the heroism, endurapce and
suffering they underWe en.; at a time Of the
year which made such an under taking ,loubly
hazardous and arduous. Our space precludes
the possibility of printing the whole tory
an er;eRsO, we therefore make excerpts show
Ing up the treachery of Moses, which, through
indignation, finally resulted in his arrest in
his own camp, surrounded by large body
OF his own armed warriors. The story OF
the murder Is too well known for repetition.
therefore, We commence where the volunteers
first sighted the harborer Of the criminals
who perpet-ated the foul deeds After
! Eacas had reported back to the volunteers
Noses was very sulky and would not listen
to anything i'll regard 10 keeping his promises
Mr. Goodwin saws:
" The reader can imagine how startled We
were, We, who had expected to reap un old
benefits from Moses cooperation, and how
Infectious the intelligence would be, situated
! as We were, In the heart OF an enemys c0un-
try with 40 hope OF escape. We began to
dIslncumbcr ourselves % overcoatS and ali
other wearing apparel that would tend to
thwart our acton, or, in the least, destroy
our usefulness. We knew the only alterna-
tive for us WAS to present bold front, there
by disccncerting the enemy and battling them
lii their design. Scarcely had this state Of
feeling become prevalent, than We bele.d
Noses. with - warriors, coming over an
elnincnce, about half mile away As they
rose the plain, tie war-whocp WAS distinctly
heard (which lasted for Some time, making
the very air ring with the hideOusnesS OF 4
demon beat on the destruction ot an ene,ny.
On they cane, under whips and spurs, and
to the impartial observer, this scene IN the
drama 50 auspic!ously began, would have
shown with resplendeace truly grand, as
their gun barrels gIis,eaed IN the sun-beams,
but 10 us, ii had very few charms. They
came on within about 10 yards, when Moses
was heard to address his men III the Indian
tonsue at which they halted sufficiently to
close up the ranks. They AGAIN assumed
slow trot, coming within few PAGES OF Us,
when Captain Splawn advanced to meet
them. He said, hoy do you do Moses:
Which salutation was returned very gru!iiy
and IN an excited manner.
Most of them were painted and tattOOed.
\ number Of them We're tied on their horses,
presenting 4 very war-hke appearance. As
SplaWn moved out his men followed up,
closing up the ranks, leaving as little doabt
as possible IN the mind of the adversary that
We intended to hold the ground The con-
verSatipn WAS conducted very Slowly between
the heads of the two forces. The five men
were asked for 10y Capt SplaWn, which were
refused Moses said iie had heard that We were
coming 20 put him on the reservation, winch
SpiaWn told him was not sn, as lie iAlUSeSl
well knew hu. that we were after the Pork
ms iaur,ierers and thieTes, and those We
must nave. Capt SpisNn tiien Sald ''M"Ses
do yoa mcan 20 furnish us with al these men
You have with you." Moses replied, $40,
but Insisted that We should go up the nver,
He was aa;ain reminded Of his promise 10
Nh Wilbur and the people o! Yakima City,
to furnish rs wIth i've Or six men to assist in
, capiu rins the murlerers and thieves. Moses
answered, that they had had a great deal oi
tllk ou The Attauum and at the City, bat that
it did not amoant to anything, that It was
caltus.
At this juncture Moses appeared CRAFTY
excited and began 10 pI,ii OF his gloves with
the apparent design OF drawing his pistol
In-ma-si cilee Bal, Noes head man, went
over to uur ri.Gt, aud It this, Moses i!s-..
swung 10 the lefi, some of them cooking
/ thc.r guns rs they went One Indian cocned
/ bis gan on the CaptaIn, winch act was taken
notice of hy m.any Of us who stood ready 10
aven.e ourselves III case similar dennohStra-
Iions should occasion the sheddng OF blood.
Capt Stawn we felt sure, world be good
for Moses IN case lie attempted To draw LIS
pistol Capt. EIeaS held his gun on Moses,
/ which made 1t doubly dubious for HIM III
case OF any similar demonstrations.
! During this parlcy, which lasted about an
hour [ counted seven cooked guns III the
hands of our adverSaTies and IL was lmp"Ssi-
bI. to know how many more, As their guns
were held so as to conceal the breech under
their biaukets. all of which could lave been
discharged iii a seconds time. During this
! time we put an apparent unconcern 10
/ allav any suspicion that M sht have arisen III
the minds of our aaverSarIes and 10 quiet the
excitement that this demonstration had oec;.-
stoned. cannot At this time call to mud
the conversation between Moses ami Splawn,
but the questions and answers were of the
same purport is has been aidnced. Moses
ALWAYS evasive and prevaricatinG, which was
very unsatisfactory 10 Us.
Splawn finally told Moses thit he had
heard of two of the Perkms' mnrderers ID
miles down the river and that he wanted to
secure them that night. Moses saId that
they were gone. and that we would not get
them Spiawn again insisted on the tive
men that Moses agreed TO furnish Moses
said: Il may send them &c Crab Greek,
where we were to 20 the next day, but yea
Will see, he said, ''when you get there
whether have sent them or not.R We then
Withdrew. saying We mnst 20. Moses an
s,rareJ you 90 YOUR way AID | will go mine
At this We parted, harboring feeling of
Insecurity. Moses treachcry was 50 manifest
Ia every one that we did not know but what
we would be caugh- IN some favored place
and al massaered-
After this the volunteers secuted the
country thoroughly after Smohaiia and the
mur,lerers Their hardships ana privations
are Interestingly described; tnbute oil graft
tude is given to the people OF Yakima City,
for their generous cooperation ana assistance
rendered at the hour OF greatest need We
commence again when the camp OF Moses
was reached:
When sithin about 100 yards, the advance
r,sbed forward on the double quick, sur
ropndins the camp, which proved to be
/ N,ses and 9 of his principal men Ihey
,,ara awake some standing and some lying.
90 al appearances, keeping guard by turns.
( Moses attempted to rally his nien, hut ms
affnrts were futile, for they were surrounded
enoi ssm.nd.d to surrender The demand
u.s Mas asain given to give mp their guns, when
M %Is --.s hoard 10 say mica Moses, nlca
Moses ses second demand was made Tor
,hsm 70 give up their arms, when Moses
.a;I. 'ns Wake. wake" which was no sooner
saiJ ,,., about 20 needle-guns were cooked