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december 3 , 1896 december 3 , 1896 circa 1851 scarfaced charley.jpg scarface charley
 scarface charley
scarface charley

scarface charley -lrb- c. 1851 -- december 3 , 1896 -rrb- was a chief of the modoc tribe of native americans .
he took part in the modoc war of 1872 -- 73 in california , and is considered to have fired the first shot at the battle of lost river .
on april 26 , 1873 , scarfaced charley led a victorious attack against a patrol of 63 soldiers .
he killed all five of the officers in the patrol , as well as twenty others .
it is widely written that he stopped the slaughter and told the soldiers , `` we 've killed enough of you , now go home . ''
after the execution of kintpuash and three of his warriors for the murder of major general edward canby and rev. eleazer thomas , scarface charley was appointed by colonel frank wheaton as chief of the modocs who were to be sent to oklahoma as prisoners of war .
after a year in oklahoma , scarfaced charley was replaced by indian agent hiram jones , as chief by bogus charley , partly due to the latter 's better understanding of english .
other accounts hold that he was removed because he refused to ban gambling .
scarfaced charley was also a gifted craftsman , designing an elegant typeface for the phonetic transcription of the modoc language .
he also developed a line of traditionally influenced domestic furniture , which was an important source of revenue for him after his political career was ended .
