Show pen i aig alg of the modoc chiefs the of february the slept siept in ili captain jaeky jacky jaek s cave lying ayin down awn besida tile tiie latter with a of perfect security 81 timm tine d dreadful rell abul news oll on saturday tile tiie eliat lie he did that almost makes his flesh creep 4 cart CAPT caitie IN jag captain jack 1 the tile chlof chief of tile the tribe and author of mhd villainous plot is is a full fuli blooded modoc of about thirty years of a age 0 though he looks much older he ile has a good head though like all indians tile tiie forehead is low and retreating I 1 his 1 complexion 0 mp lexion is dark bel bei being ilg a bright r 1 g I 1 i t copper color and his liis eyes a are re black full and pier piercing chig his ills hair is lon ion long iong hanin han hanging in down to tilo tile shoulders and his face is entirely destitute of of beard his mouth I 1 is large and its shape indicates firmness and de determination flop though it by no means denotes cruelty and baseness traits which jack seems to possess above all others in manner he is cool self possessed and very dignified he insists upon be being ng treated with the tile greatest rea test respect 8 byall by all ali with whom bei he comes in contact and the chief ruler of forty millions of people could not nofi be bib a greater stickler for off omm lelal official etiquette than is this amo same miserable savage he never smiles his greetin greeting of ills his visitors on the deca occasion idu of the visit referred refe fred ired to was a splendid exhibition hibi tion of indifference and haughtiness notwithstanding in at the time he lid was so ill that hg ha could not stand standup up before this act of treachery I 1 he le was v ts believed to be the soul of honor settlers in the neighborhood who had many dealings with him said that they never knew captain jack to do a mean or base act nor would he knowler knowingly y permit any member of his band kiil doone to do one if any of tile ranchman ranchmen ranch men ever complained of tiny any act of peculation or other annoyance jack was sure to visit punishment upon the head of the of nender offender he was elected chief of the tribe two or three years a ago go and squire steele of yreka areka acted as judge of election a fact which has always ma made de steele jacks fast friend I lre he ire re was the last man in the tribe who it would be thought could bo be guilty of so base an act an act entirely out of kee keeping ping with his ills past char acter aeter joir JOHN john jolin a brother of old jacks predecessor in the office of chief is a man about 40 years old he is a lighter colored man than jack butis but is a great deal stouter tei bein hiding broad shouldered and quite corpulent his ill s hair bair is long and straight and his eyes small and d expressionless his face is pleasing in expression and he is much less determined in look than tile the younger chef is a rival to the place occupied by captain jack he believes that lie hasa lias ilas a hereditary right to the modoc throne consequently lie and jack have not been on the best of terms though in their horrible plot they seem to have worked together he is the man who shot meacham and inflicted the wounds from which the latter is likely to die ale jn in all these peace negotiations lias has been more exacting in his demands than even jack himself on the tiie occasion of steeles first visit to the lava bed ho lie was less friendly than any of tile tiie the others he even went so far as to accuse steele of wishing to talk with two tongues es and the latter had to make him a a sharp speech in reply to prevent a recurrence of the tile insult BOSTON cir ARLEY the man mail who shot and instantly killed the rev bev dr thomas is is a young indian about 22 20 years old he is practically white and his complexion quite clear hence the name of boston given him by the indians which signifies white he has lias no no history at all and gained no prominence in tilo the tr tribe triba 1 until the peace negotiations began when ho acted as messenger lio lie I he ito to was one of tile the young savages who wilo came camo out to fairchild fairchilds 3 with Ste steele eleand and party to talk to general canby about the of march the general treated them all very kindly and their return for this is liis ills brutal massacre mas sacre boston i was vas believed to be one of the best dis po positioned indians in dile alic tribe ho liy was v ka g good 1 old humored always a m 1 talili ng and seemed to like the whites better than tile indiana indians he hu was one oft of those h 0 ku indicted by the oregon grand j jury ury for the tile killing of tho the sett bett settlers lers but ile lle he wa knobil to haw had nothing at all to do with that matter being oil side of tilo the lake at the tile time LA JIM this isone bisone of the indians in the tile whole tribe ho irel was the leader of the band who wiio committed the tilo murders in december he is young not over twenty one or twenty two but is large and powerful ful fui he lie is 1 13 nota not a modoc proper but belongs to a band baud of known in slik as tw trashes aslies 1 I they are composed of remnants of several tribes and have oll long iong oil been regarded bregarde d as cleves thieves and murderers two of them are in the lava bed hool hooi cooka a jim and the doe Doc doctor tory torl and even captain jack was said to bo be afraid of them this indian has a bad face he too was one of those who came out with steele and was the only one that tile tilo caro Chro chronicle niclo nicla correspond corre correspondent spon dunt dent felt uneasy with when on one occasion oil on the tho rou route to lie he was left far behind alone with him it was w is getting ettin ettla late in ili the tile afternoon ter noon and the tle party pary had got ten miles to ride when they struck tile tiie ge divide v a gap in the mountain V to the south of little klamath lake there were vere five whites and fourteen indians steele and fairchild led the party and as they came out of the trail trall and struck the lost river road steele put spurs to lils his horse and tile tiie whole party started for home on a gallop the indians riding along heavily armed with their feathers and fox tails talis flying like so many pennants they yelled and howled and the party came camo down the slope like flying tam tarn something getting wrong with the chronicle mans iirilli ii saddled dilli he ke stopped to fix it which took nearly twenty minutes minute s hoo ka jim and curly hea headed ded jack another indian that would not do to trust far seeing the correspondent cor cespon stop rode on a few hundred yards and stopped also aiso ISO when tile tho latter iatter mounted he saw his ills own party fully two miles ahead going like the tiie wind he started on a run in to catch them and then two indians joined him and all three went down the valley on a dead run the indians rode t their belr ponies one on either side and seemed to beiji be highly lily tickled at the correspondent ame somewhat unskillful handling of his ills horse then they began a series of movements designed to frighten the latter and make him deposit his precious burden in the sagebrush and once cooka jim with a yell deliberately spurred his ills pony directly against the horse a movement that nearly accomplished tho desired object on the whole it was an uncomfortable ride and the tho reporter breathed much freer fleer when he came up with steele BLACK JIM this is another of the murderers of tile the settlers he is a tall tail ta 11 sav age looking fellow fellows with a wery very dark thin face he is about thir ty years old and is one of the most desperate warriors in the band san francisco chronicle here is another description froin from a san francisco paper C captain in jack is a stern dignified loolam looking 1 man not riot over 30 though lie looks older he hasa has a good head though like all indians the forehead is low his complexion is dark tile the pure co copper er color and his eyes ar are black full fuli and piercing in his hair is long hanging do down W rr to his shoulders and he is of course destitute of all beard his kis his mouth is large and its iid ild indicates lid firmness determination and a great deal of character scar faced charley the tile next noted one in the tribe has a jewish cast of countenance lis kis his nose being long and aquiline and his face thin and narrow he hasa has a terrible scar on ills liia right cheek which but for foi his ills naturally pleasant plea plew sant expression would make his ills countenance rather repulsive te he ile is about 35 years old and is regarded as the bravest indian in tile tribe shack nasty rasty jim is a youngster young of 4 not ot over 20 to 22 he sat in the tile circle with a soldiers coat oil on and looked wise as a ju dge hocker hooker jim tile leader of tile tho band who c committed tile tiie murders anthe on the fhe east side 0 of f the lake tow NOW was rigged a cavalry jacket army pants pant sand and black hat ho he lias has a bad gid face and though nuite young looked as if lie could bo 0 guilty of afis thin tiling the doctor is decide decidedly div the tiie worst vorst lookin looking man id in the tribe his face i a absolute hv devilish narrow contracted aeto with a little eye oye tha that 61 twinkles inkles in ibs its wickedness and delit a mouth auth full and sensual itis it is a countenance that would make mike any one shudder black jim another of tile the mur delers delera 8 alsa Ls a tall fine looking fellow follow but otio t that ua I 1 would rather not 1 meet alone alono of a dark night nellt |