The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-26
RAID OF MODOCS.
They Captured the Loyal Legion
Last Night.
Occasion Was the Annual Ban.
quet of Warriors.
LELAND AND HUDSON.
They Sat at Same Table But
Didn't Speak.
LELAND AND HUDSON.
Gen. II. b. Freeman Succeeds
Col. Dickman as Recorder.

among the warriors seemed willing to
risk his life by doing the painted heroic
in oil by Nassilli Verestchagin entitled
Going for Reinforcements."
The trouble with the fighting men was
the same as the trouble with the Ran
som Guards in Hoyts "A Milk White
Flag" The frst-class fighting men
numbered thirty officers all told, and not
private in the lot The longer the band
of ferocious Modocs lowered near the
madder they got. They demanded blood,
wine, or gravy. Finally one valiant
warrior agreed to risk his life and ven
ture forth from the stockade and parley
with the braves. This hero whose name
may go down in history for the gal
lantry he displayed, was one Thomas
Jefferson Anderson, a white man who
had been trapper and a member of the
Modoc tribe before the war against the
whites was declared. Anderson ventured
forth the same as the brave couriers for
help told about in Capt. Charles Kings
story books. The oaken door of the
stcckade swung back Through the
smoke and behind Anderson could be
seen the faces of the other twenty-nine
grim and determined men. The big door
swung shut and Anderson was alone,
alone to face the Modocs He walked
erect and bravely to the hostile camp.
As he neared the circle of warriors they
noticed him. There was rush toward
this said Anderson was bald.
Say Major Tom" shouted Big Chief
Little Midget Jimmy Lacey of the
Modoc warriors. We're getting blamed
hungry"
What's dom, anyway" asked an
other in the language of the Modocs.
We've been waiting here since s
o'clock. 1t is 1890 O'Clock now We've
had two hours and half of it, and it's
about time something was doin'"
This episode which may go down in
the compiled history of the Indian wars
OF the country, happened last night at
the t1lks club rooms. The occasion was
the much talked of feast of reason and
banquet of goodies of the Kansas COM.
mandery of the Loyal Legion. The L.
l. were in session behind the stained
glass door of the lodge room when the
Modocs appeared on the scene, at the
request of Major Anderson, to sing for
the fighting men. The singers camped
In the library expecting that in a few
moments the first class fighting men
would make their appearance and that
the festivities would commence Three
war correspondents We're on the ground
ready to take their places on the firing
line when the first skirmish began. The
two hours and half wait was intoler-
able. 1t was remindful of San Juan.
/ Men sank with exhaustion in their
| tracks, when their tracks happened to
/ be in frontof Springy couch leath-
/ er covered easy chair. Others managed
to keep alert and when the envoy from
the besieged started to plod toward the
Modoc camp he was espied.
We are having a short business ses-
sion, said Anderson.
Short shortii short!i!" shouted the
Modocs GO back to your white dogs
and tell them to cut it shorter" An
derson returned to the lodge room.
Then the Modocs began singing the
war chant of the tribe. I'VE are weary,
we are weary, we are weary right now"
Then they changed to we are hungry
/ % hmm frY-xv rio !,
now. Where's the ma jor where's the
major, where's the major right now?-
The Loyal Legioners cut it thirty min
utes shorter and at II o'clock after
/ having been besieged for three hours
/ they filed out of the stockade under the
promise that quarter would be given
1 them, and laid down their arms, on the
dining room table. The Modocs num-
bered "A. The Legion" numbered 30.
Then the Modocs began their work
CThe word horrible ought to go in
front of the word work to carry out
the paraphrase but as the work was
vocal the singers might be offended
/ They commenced on All Hail Loyal
Legion the words and music by DR..
1 A B. WoolvertOn. who is a member of
the Legion and of the Modocs. The con-
I cert continued while the first class
fighting men got away with raw oysters
at 80 cents g quart and cold turkey at
IS cents per pound.
The only excitement produced at the
I Joe Hudson in a dress suit All the 9th
er officers looked like privates for they
were in their everyday fatigue clothes
Another bit of excitement was that Cy-
rus Leland Jr.. sat at the same table
with Hudson and While they didn't
drink from the same canteen they sip
! ped coffee which came from the same
pct. There was a glass of Shawnee
county wine, made at Silver Lake, on
the table. There was glass for it in
front of General Hudson. The glass was
empty! But, We followers of Stahl am
Ste5bins do not become excited. The
glass had no wine in it during the ev-
ening. The general scorned it,
All this time the Modocs were keeping
up their work. They sang America
Forever" Carve Dat Possum." L. N
Wood sang his Live a Humble" and
DR.. ]. H. Solecki sang THE Stein on
the Table" Major Anderson was the
solo artist in We're a Band of Modocs. .
Then the Legion" evacuated the table,
and the Modocs went in to eat. All this
time the war correspondence were
lowering about waiting for the flow o.
oratory. 1t had been Iumored. told IN +,
advertised that General Adna r. Chat
fee. General Lloyd Wheaton and Colo1el
Andrew ). Rowan would be on hand.
None of them were among those pres
ent.
The Modocs ate Major Tom Ander-
son told few stories. They were war
like and religious One was about his
AdNAAiS OCSH a AiSlAlDSl VI AHS NlSNAtONA7=
church and having built one in Kansa s
Is years ago with lumber he hauled Sc
miles across the country from 1eavel-
worth. Another was about General
Grant who was betwixt and between an
attack and a defeat during the Civil
war. He had 10000 men and was told
that there was only transportation for
10000 in case of a defeat. If 1 retreat
I'll only need transportation for 10000
men," said Grant
By the time the Modocs had finished
the work at the stables every Loyal
I.egioner had oscaDed in the darkness.
The three war correspondents took up
the trail of the retreating army All
along the line of retreat the way was
marked with smoking cigar -Sf1rnnS- and