The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-06-18

OLD-TIME SKETCHES
DEATH OF GENEKAL cANBY

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DEATH OF GENERAL CANDY
There is a man living il Clifton who
has seen many year OF hard riding
and battles enough with the Indians 70
fill a good-sizcd book. He was born
on the Laramie river, and knows every
stream from there TO the Columbia.
He has secuted on the border, through
Montana, on the Cache La Poo, and
down 10 the melting zone OF Arizona.
| think he knows every water-hole
In the mountains and along the border.
lie lost leg at the massacre Of Fort
Pail Kearney ia 1866, and the Bannock
war saw him in the saddle scouting for
the Indian Territory and committed
frightful murders IN eastern Colorado
il was this same old veteran who was
guide scout and interpreter, and in
thc year 1873, when General Candy at
tempted 10 remove the ModOc Indians,
the General took this Oue-lcgged scout
with him for Interpreter and guide, for
there were none to excel him in Indian
talk or signs. The band Of Modocs
only numbered sixty warriors. They
were under the famous sachem, Capt.
Jack, and their other chiefs Shag-
Na.ty-Jim, Bogus Charley and Scar
Faced Charley. Capt. Jack defeated
the T.. ). troops in 1913. General
Candy and Commissioner Thomas were
trcacherously assassinated by Capt.
JACK and Boston Charley a a peace con-
ference on Good Friday, April IL, 1873.
General Schofeld, who then com
mandcd the L. :. forces in the Pacific
department, sent troops after the
MOdOcs, who fed to the lava beds in
southern Oregon, where they ire
qucntly repulsed the attacks Of the
troops in April and May. The surren-
der or Capt. Jack and his band, June
1st, 1873, ended the famous ModOc war.
Capt. Jack and the other MOdoc lead
crs who murdered General Candy and
Commissioner Thomas were hanged
October Sd, 1873, in accordance with
the sentence of court martial, and the
surviving Modocs were settled among
other Indian tribes.
ON the morning of the conference
our interpreter and guide told General
Candy not to go, and Candy asked him
if he was afraid to go. Yes, General
replied the interpreter, " am afraid
to 20 without fire arms to protect my
self, for they are treacherOus. beg
Of you not to go, for they will kill you"
Z" Well, you stay here. They can talk
good English. We will prove how
mistaken you are" replied the Cen
craI They had not been gone over
80 minutes when the yells of the saw
ages and the shots told the story. As
the noble old scou. turned to get away
he ran into a company Of cavalry COM
ing to the rescue: but IT was too late,
there lay the grand old warrior, Gem
cral CANDY, cold in death, killed by a
band Of cut-throats. | have forgotten
the Indian woman General Candy took
with him to interpret. She, too, beg
gcd the officers not to 60. Poor thing,
she also came verv~r"dir ICING nillcd
in trying - shield the General from the
Outlets, and she did save agent Mcach-
ans life. She called for the troops,
and when they came up she exclaimed
'' told you so, told you So" When
this woman was Il little girl she and
six children were playing above the
cascade on the Columbia river. They
were in a bark canoe and driftcd out
into the stream. With the presence
Of mind Of much older person she
made the little ones lie down in the
bottom of the boat and took a paddle
aud shot the rapids. The Indians and
squaws were frantic, and when she
came out below, the Indians swan out
named her the Little Mother, and
Rugged and petted her. She was
always loved by the Indians and whites.
She and her husband draw pension
from the government. But this old
scout, Shall l tell you his name? 1t is
Luis Reashan. Does anyone know
him, or do they care? Old-time officers
know him - Miles, Crook, Howard,
Lawton and above all old-timc scout
companions. His comrades on the
border wishes the old weather beaten
hero long life and happy one.
G. Is. ).