Year: 1873




FoRT KLAMATH Oregon, Oct. 3, 1873.


Shortly after reveille this morning I ac-
companied Lieutenant Taylor to the guard
house. and after securing the services of Scar
Face Charley as an interpreter, we went into
the large cell and informed Barncho and
Sioux of the communication of their sentence.
They did not show the slightest emotion at
their escape from the jaws of death, and
Barncho simply remarked, cit is good"


CAPTAIN JACK AND scoNCHN


Mere in the next cell, and I walked in to see
Ehem. Captain Jack was looking very much
pulled down, and had evidently not given up
all hopes of reprieve. Somebody asked him
for his autograph, and he mechanically made
b number of crosses on some sheets of writing
paper that were furnished for the purpose.


BOSTON CHARLEY AND BLACK JIM
were then brought out from their cells and
The blacksmith set to work, and, after knock
Ing off the shackles that bound them together,
riveted a new set on each man. We were
then called back into Captain Jacks cell, as he
wished to know what the writing was for, and
Through the medium of Boston Charley he was
told it was simply to have some remembrance of
his handiwork. He was evidently rather dis
appointed, as he still had hopes of being par
doned. Shortly after eight A. M. the troops
were paraded in front of their quarters and at
half-past eight A. NJ the procession formed in
front of the guard house that was to escort
Them to the gallows.


THE HowLs OF THE WOMEN


relatives of the condemned were then dis
tinctly heard as they came from the stockade.
The other prisoners-Curley-hea Doctor
and the Lost River murderers-were then re-
moved from the guard house to the stockade.
At half-past nine the wagon and four horses
were drawn up in front of the guardhouse,
and the condemned were brought out. Black
Jim got in first, followed by Boston Charley,
Sconchin and Captain Jack The great chief
looked rather sick, and had to be helped into
the cart The drums then rolled out the fun
eral march, and the procession moved


ON TO THE GALLows


The cavalry led, with the infantry on guard
around the wagon. AT ten minutes to ten the
wagon halted behind the scaffold and they got
out Boston Charley and Black Jim mounted
the stairs first and were placed on the left hand
side of the platform, facing north. Captain
Jack came up next and was evidently very weak,
requiring assistance to get up, and Sconchin
came last. Captain Jack took the position on
The extreme right with Sconchin next, Black
Jim next and Boston Charley on the extreme
left. They were then all seated, and the four
men on duty proceeded to pinion their arms
and legs. The latter we're fastened just above
the knees. Captain Jack wore striped linen
shirt and pair of gray pants. Sconchin wore
dark blue shirt and army pants, and both
Black Jim and Boston Charley were in the SOL
diers' clothes they had stripped from the bodies
bfthose killed during the war. company of
cavalry and infantry were drawn up in the
front of the square, and company of in
fantry and light battery artillery occupied the
right Of the square. About


FIVE HUNDRED KLAMATHs


then came up, led by their chiefs, and squat
ted on the ground at the north side Of the
square. Mrs. Body and her daughter, and
the widows Of some of the settlers murdered
on Lost River, occupied prominent position
on the right They sat on the front seat of o
high wagon.


AT five minutes past ten A. M. Colonel Hoge,
who was acting as provost marshal, walked
behind the prisoners and inspected the
strength of their pinions.


Oliver Applegate and Dave Hill, the inter-
preters then explained to the condemned the
sentence and the crimes Of which they were
found guilty Lieutenant Colonel Hoge
made


FINAL. INSPECTION OF THE CONDEMNED
and then went down the rear stairs Of the
platform. General Wheaton and the officers Of
r. H.. A.~rAl n.
gallows and the two prisoners Barncho and Slo-
lux, whose sentence had been commutcd, were
also marched to the front with their backs
TO the gallows and facing Lieutenant Kins-
bury. who then proceeded to read the charges