The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-03
Tho Story OF General Canby's
Death.

Dr. i i. C4baGi>s, relates tie story Of
The hery Of the Modes il the lava
beds. Geuera. Candy aud DR.. Thoma,
lei the party on foot, aud DyaT and
Nt5 i.m iol.owcd u horseback. though
M 4etnre Of the ground Was such that
one Juid iuake better time on foot over
the rock than on a horse. The distance
from General Candy : tent to the council
tent was about soD yards aud the latter
Sas hidden from "a, Except the signal
OifleeT) 5y a iall-oli III the lava bed The
GeH al was about htty Yard from the
place where II stood and DR.. Thomas be-
Linu. l shall never forget those TWO men
a. they looked that day, marching into
the laws of death-Canby with his tall
asu4c, dressed III a new military coat.
am Is5nas ~ a suit OF Scotch gray. At
tEI- moment Neacham turned his horse
from the trail aud rode up TO me. Said
he. Or. Caballss, 10 you think that
there i danger under the arrangement
which We have madeI What Is the
arrangement | asked. There are to
be i've unarmed Indians and five Of Us
'la"er that arrangement, replied,
there IS nc danger, but Meacham. if
you are ~ plcious of these lndlans, re
ua.. LCTc and let me 20 and see them
lie turned IN his saddle, and seeing that
General Candy and DR.. Thomas had got
ten some distance in advance, without re-
plying, followed them. Subsequently
events proved that the Modocs intended
to xii Colonel Mason as well as Candy,
Giliem and others.
After the Commissioners had been
with them for some time, aud at the mo-
ment that Candy was making them laugh,
while smoking cigars, au Indian came In
sight {. Mason's camp, a mile and a half
: from Jack ) headquarters, and more than
two and a halt from the council tent, and
waved a white flag. General CANDY had
told them to do this if they wanted to
see the whites Lieutenant Sherwood
was officer of the day, and went to meet
this Indian, accompanied by Lieutenant
Bowie. Sherwood asked him what he
wanted. Nothing was the answer.
As the officer turned several Indians rose
from the rocks and commenced firing at
him end Boyle. The first shot was
through his thigh, from which he died
several days atterward. Boyle escaped.
Sherwood took shelter behind a rock. and
the ma who was on picket several hun
dreu yards away opened fire on the In
diaus aud kept them from advancing on
Sherwood The troops turned out, and
the Modocs retreated to their camp.
"Alnast Immediately after this occur
n Lieutenant Moore, the signal off
Ger IL Nason's camp. telrgrdphed to Gen
eral Giiiem The Indians have fired on
this camp. killing Sherwood and Boyle
General Gillem sent his Adiutant for me
and SAID DIR. Cabaniss, will you take
a message to General Canby?' | an
swered that | would 20 to the rescue of
General Candy if he were in danger from
the Hoaocs. Il will write the message,
said he, because If you carry a verbal
message, Bogus will tell the other In
dians.' As he handed me the message,
telling of the death of Sherwood, the
officer at the signal station called out
1lsy a.e firing at the council tent The
mcr tnrncd out Immediately, and some
of them uGder Sergeant Wooten, an ex
Coniedcgate soldier of X Company of
cavuny. started without awaiting the
orders Of The officers.
"hea.ham has told what followed. DIR.
Thomas was shot with a pistol by 'Bos-
ION. General Candy had a wound from
a pi-,ol ball uuder the left eye, and one
FROM a pistol ball 10 the side of the head,
aud ! stab with 4 narrow bladed knife
under the right ear. Candy was thirty
five yards from the spot where he sat
when shot, and Thomas was about eighty
yards III another direction.