The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11

Cnariey, Bogus Charley, Shacknasty Jim, Hooker Jim, schonchin, Elien's Man, Tobey. and Black Jim. All the negotia- tors were suggested to be unarmed. Af- ter some preiiminaries, Jack proceeded to state the terms under which his band would resume their normal relations with the government He had got as far as to name the, site which he wished the gov- ernment to give them for a home, and the commission had made a partial prom ise that they should have It. when sud- denly he thrust his hand into his bosom and drew forth a revolver, which he aim ed at Canby's head, at the same moment pulling the trigger. Only the cap explod- ed. He tried another barrel at once, and sent bullet through the generals brain. Canby had tried to escape. but Jack and Ellen's Man had pursued him. and as he fell they stripped him of his clothing Then Ellen's Man put another bullet into his head. Dyer and Riddle broke and ran, Dyer covering his retreat with a pistol, which he had till then concealed; both escaped.
 Boston Charley had drawn a revolver on Dr., Thomas at the same time that received the bullet in his breast. just above the heart. and dropped upon his knees, begging his assailants to shoot no more, as he was already wounded unto death. Their response was to push him over and mock him about his religion, shouting at him: Why don't your med icine turn the bullets? Isn't 1t strong enough?' Finally, Bogus Charley plac- ing the muzzle of a gun against the dy- ing mans head, blew a hole through it, while his lips were moving in prayer. The murderers stripped his body also. Meacham, who had been simultaneously attacked by Schonchin, made hard fight for his life. He was shot in different parts of the face and head, and fell, as the Indians supposed, dead. He was bald, but Boston Charley, who was resolved to have his scalp in some way, whipped out a dull pocket knife and hacked away at the uncovered skin till squaw whom the victim had once bdsriended interfered, shouting that the soldiers were coming. The Indians engaged in the bloody busi- ness scattered, and Meacham's life was saved by the ruse. though he was always semi-invalid after that and disflgured out of all semblance to his former self.
 General Jefferson c. Davis took the field against the Modecs. and after a stubborn fight captured the band. Jack and three of his most savage followers were hanged. The rest were sent to the Indian Terri tory as prisoners of war, and warned that they would have to stay there twenty five years. Many of them died in captiv- ity. Towards the close of their long so- journ. few of the band had wandered back into the country from which they came. their spirits broken and their bod ies weakened by the climatic change to which they had been subjected. Scar Faced Charley was among those who fell a victim to consumption witout seeing their old home again.
 Back of the first outbreak related here, had been a story of a massacre of set tiers by the Modocs in the early ffties, and the vengeance taken for this by Ben Wright and a company of white frontiers men, who had treated the Indians with much the same treachery that the Indians showed to the peace commission. taking advantage of them under cover of a flag of truce. They had nursed this wrong for twenty years before wiping 1t out on the persons of General Canby and his civilian colleagues. F. E. l..