The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-11-05
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The Turning Of Jaeksoa - At the stake,

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A recent number OF the Denver News
contains an interview with i. c. Holmes
known In Colorado as Charles Holmes
--one of the parties who undertook the
escort Of Jackson I'd Gunnison City on
the fatal day thai he was captured and
burned at the stake As Holmes was at
one time resident of Emporia and has
friends and relations In this city who are
deeply interested in this matter,
We publish his representation Of the
case, as follows:
Hol@es saws there are as might be ex-
pected, two stories OF the origin of the
trouble. the Indians claiming Jackson
10 be the aggressor, while he stoutly
averred that the Indians were the first 10
open hostilities.
When asked by the reporter W hat
came of it ALL" Holmes replied, aWhy,
the agent got around and had long con-
ference with them. They were very
angry over the death of their comrade,
and insisted on having action on the
matter Mt once. Finally, after a long
confab, they forced the agent Berry to
agree 10 arrest the man Jackson. They
said that if he were arrested and tried,
convicted and executed, they would be
satisfied To all of this the agent agreed,
and 1t was then arranged between them
that Berry was TO take detachment Of
soldiers and go 10 Cline's ranch, near
where the trouble occurred, and arrest
jackson. Two Indians were TO go along
to see that the agreement was lived up
to and to be witnesses 10 the same.
when Agent Berry, with the troops,
tar ted 10 arrest Jackson, he saw" said
Holmes, 'that the Indians had cut across
TO go to Cline;s ranch TO see that the ar
rest was properly made, and when Berry
saw this his suspicious must have been
aroused However, Ire got his troops
and started. As he advanced his fears
increased, aud he saw thai the Indians
were going TO reach the ranch where
Jackson was before he could. So he, in
his fright. begged of Hoyt-Sam HoYt-
and myself to ride over TO the Indians
and accompany them 10 the ranch and
try To keep them from doing any mis-
chief He knew that if something was
not done the redskins would go TO Cline'a
and kill the whole outfit"
Holmes says that "thcir actions We're
terrible. They did not stop at anything,
and if you will imagine band OF Wild
Indians carrying everything with high
hand you can imagine how these devils
acted. We were terribly scared, tell
you; | thought our time had come, and
that we might be scalped at any moment
There was one time in particular, when
We were going over the top of the divide.
/ thought then we would never get any
further, and had to make my peace
with my Maker without further delay.
The savages were bowling fearfully-it
Is simply beyond description. 1t was
terrible day TO me. But we talked TO
them and succeeded in pacifying them
after time. We then continued on our
Journey over to Cline's ranch.
ave arrested jackson, his uncle and q
hired man, who was in his party. We
kept them in the house under guard I'M
til Berry came. His arrival did not take
place until 10 O'Clock that night; We
had reached the ranch at 8 in the after
noon. When Berry came We turned the
prisoners over to him, He had brought
twelve or fifteen soldiers along; there
were not more than fifteen, and we turn
ed the prisoners over 10 them. They
guarded them during the night, and
there was no trouble threatened. Berry
was terribly frightened, though. He
was well and hearty when he left the
agency, and when he got to Cline's he
was sick with fright. He said he never
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scrape alive
That night the teamsters were furious,
as they believed jackson had started the
Indians, and war would ensuc.
The next morning the Indians de-
handed that Jackson be given over TO
Hoyt, Cline and Holmes to take to Gun
nison, to which Berry acceded.
The rest OF Holmes story is as fol-
lows:
1--WE got OFT in good style, and had set
tied down TO the idea that we were going
right on into Gunnison with our man,
and that then our task would be at an
end Jackson and l rode together,
and he was congratulating himself
on the narrow escape he had had.
We fell into conversation over the
matter and were quietly jogging
along, when all Of sudden / missed
the buggy containing Hoyt and Cline.
suppose We had gone three and a half or
four miles by this time, but | don't
know. When VIC saw that the buggy
was behind we stopped to wait for 1t. l
made up my mind that somethig had
broken, maybe. The road was very
crooked along there, and while VIC saw
the buggy coming around curve in the
road, l caught sight of a whole band of
Indians coming pcllmell over the hill.
We couldn't imagine what they wanted,
but an idiot would have known that they
were after something, and in dead earn
est at that. 1t did not take them long to
come. When I saw them approaching
/ rode back TO meet them. | was pretty
we'll worked up, you may believe, but it
would not do to weaken, and | boldly
rode up and asked them what they want
ed. Said one of them:
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The tone was not to be mistaken. 1t
meant business from the jump. I an
swercd:
"Injun can't have white man"
Yes, We takem."
mo: white man has been put in our
charge to take to Gunnison City. We
must do it,"
Then you likcms You likcm, we
take you too. You no likem, you va
moose! This order was given to all
three of u.s. You no likem, you no go
this way pointing up the road, and you
no go this way (pOinting down the road.
Yon vamoose over the hills"
I'VE went. There was no foolishness
now; We saw that we had either to go or
be taken prisoners with Jackson, on
whom the savages vowed vengeance.
We went to the hills as fast as we could.
You cannot begin to imagine the state
of our feeling. We were frightened to
death-most anybody would have been.
The prospects of being kept as prisoners,
probably killed at once, were not pleas
ant thoughts
"After we got away out of range of
the red devils, We met over one of the
hills and talked the matter over. We saw
that we did what we were obliged to do.
and started back to the agency. We
made up our minds that Chavanaux had
made the compact with Berry in good
faith; but that meeting some of the In
followed