The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-02


named for him. Small boys secretly
lpnged to gowstt and capture him.
He@as held mp as an example Of The
true despe ~, Yet, al . matter Of
M, sei SFan i6pfe Of D. man and less
Ut scodndIel tiian he has been
paiptsd sl's' lss:.
IA The Aiodocs WEI IL An onshopt ot the
klamath nation In California. They
lived on = g5.miie strip Of volcanic
land known 40 "the lava beds. This
gregnd was honeycombed with caves
and tunnels, atEording hne hiding
places III case 81 pursuit The word
.iudoe I'm tho klamath dialect
means enemy And the Modoce
iiyta III 10 their name. They fought
4 theif felatisess tue Klamaths, for
II I'm; then turned their attention in
1850 10 making life peril for Calitar-
tilatS White. settlers. Ben Wright z
trohtIeFagIan, hit on; plan to crlsh
lem etendilg to. make peace he
iHyitfd 10 or the foremost ModocS -
4 isastsi 1852. II; VIZ.
I'm Weights Massacre. Ia
AS the indian. guests lSy asleep
after the baHd1st Wright and bis com
fades fell upon them with rifle and
knife slanghteripg all but i've Of the
Id! This CD dsBlcoded fnlaBsacre cowed
the rest Of; the tribe for the 'momeht,
tSiSf it eaded fofe7e all hope Of tFieatl-
siip, etweea the Modocsf and the
White men. The relatives of the but.
siieSd INDIANS vowed vengeance md
bidsd their time! sAil.swattlIy giant
known 10 the settle rs'h sREIodoc jack
81 Ctbtain .Iach, = gathered about him
ibaRd 81 400 Modocs. His lieutenant
Wetsa youth named Schonchin, one
az Tie five survivors Of the Ben
Wright massacre. schonchtn wastors
ever trying to stir up strife against
the Mite men But Jack sternly for
bade,t aaY outbreak He believed in
pesce and refused to put on the war
bonnet. Y ct ne always went heavily
armed: For. though he desired peace
With the III ttlefs, he trusted them no
more thsn aid the other Modocs. Be-
TWEEN the task Of ruling. his people
and difficulty ~ eurbing schonchlp's
plots for warfare JACK had a hard
tiine.ln keeping to the peaceful course
hShadg chosen. ]. .s
All the focal tribes were summoned
~ indian Commissioner MeachaI1 IN
1865 to Fort klamath for confer
enee. At this meeting the Modocs
asrssd to leave their lava beds and
Settie Oh the 'KIiumatli u reservation.
s Jack and schonchfhf were not ct the
conference and they refused to be
bound BY the promise. They stayed
On, with their own followers, 1T the
lava beds. But when the government
threatened to use force to TemUye
them, Jack said Obedience is better
than war" and made his tribe-SO0
men, women and children in all-4go
with him to the reservation. There
fnewtrouble act in, IA The klamath and
other indians that were already on
the resefTationyat once made life mis-
cradle for the newcomers. To avoid
;waEand to stop the persecution Of his
trfbetolk Jack gathered his people to-
sether, ,nediby night from the reserya-
Hon. and went back to the lava beds.
But they found their old lands had
been given to write men. The Mo-
docs were homeless, friendless and
,beset by enemies,
a company Of soldiers was sent to
eVict Jack and his followers from the
lava beds. While the leaders were
comforting fight broke out between
d ,feRiof the soldiers and the Indians.
The conflict became general. FIVE
werektlied on each side and many
were wounded. The ModocS Ned
southwark, destroying every white
settlement in their path. But though
white men and boys We're everywhere
alain Jack. would allow no white Monl-
an or child to be harmed. tAt last,
with 10 braves and many sqyaws and
pappooses, he sought refuge IN the
lava caves OF Lost river. Colonel
Wheaton, with 800 United States
troops, came out to. dislodge him.
Jack and his braves sent the soldiers
setrTying back in hasty retreat, kill:
Ing IS Of them.
"a Blow fer Vengeance.
Then an army under General Candy
lRaa drought up and Ibesleged the