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Show THE JHODOCS. FACTS. 1 A.D SPElfLA- TIOS AS TO THE 1' L"l l' K U . The following lengthy particulars are from tho San Francisco Chronicle's special correspondence from the seat of lU-ati q u urtera AloJoc Kxpoditiun, Lava Bud, April Ibth. This morning Ht sunrisf) the cavalry started on a rcuut, as 1 iul'uimed you in my last. 1 ho command numbers 1 10 niun. They wound oyer lh-i blurt", getting get-ting bL'hiud Hint and nut of sijrht of the scattering JHodoes Tiioy will follow the blulfhouthwurd until it strikes the Lava hed. about four miles from this point, where tlify turn to the east and ondoavor to .strike the truil of the tioeing Indians, cutting thuui oil' from the high mountains lying directly cast of their stronghold, and where thern is plenty of snow walor at prefent. If the Indian trail dellecLs paslwardthey will cut them oil' before t h ey can reac b. Willow springs or Somes lake, the only points where wator can be obtained in that direction. Killed and Wounded during the Buttle ot tue lOtli. Private J. M. Jones, V. troop, First cavalry, dexter linger of the right hand shot away, i'rivale 11. P. Meo.lt in, battery E, Fourth artillory,llosh wound in tha righ leg. t Private Win. Cunningham, battery E, Fourth artillery, Hash wound in tho small of the back. Kob A. JUallis, Indian, calf or the log on Mason's side the only man ho nad hurt. Piivato llnrmon, battery E. Fourth artillery, shot dead on the liold oud scalped. Privoto Connard, company G.Twolfth infantry, calf of tho leg, on the 15th in at. Sergeant Morgan, battery E, Fourth artillery, shot through tho iioad and diod on the liuld. Total loss, six soldiers and ono citizen dead; oloven soldiers and one Indian wounded, and four soldierH disabled by sprained ankles. It is known that sixteen Alodoca aro killed. Tho number of wonnded is not known. Young Hovey will bo buried here. His was a peculiarly painful case. Teamster Hovey was employed by tho government for a few days, and was tho solo support of aged parents in Yruka. He was horribly mutilated. JLSosi -oa being scalped, his head was mashed into a shapeless mini with a huge rock. His stomach was cut across from side to sido, the bowels falling out. Harmon was scalped in Lho form of a croBS from the forehead .to lho nape of the neck and i'rom tho bosoofonecar to the other. Strips of two inches wide and tho wholo crown of tho scalp was taken. Ail who fell within the linos wero scalped. The troops in searching the lava-bud to-day found one livo unwounded Modoc and eleven bodies, which wuh thetwo scalps taken by tha Warm Spring Indians and three otnerB known to have beun killed before, make sixteen good Indians. Ko Courlara to be Hnd. Kanchos are being abandoned for tho season. Life or property around this section will bo valueless until tho last ilodoc is exterminated. They aro guor-rillas guor-rillas now of tho worst stripe aud will not be taken ahvo. Couriers cannot bo obtained now for love or money, and wo depend on lho government conveyances. convey-ances. Seventy miles of Indian country must be traversed to reach Yreka. .Now the real hard work begins that of hnn-ting hnn-ting down and UiUing the small scattering scatter-ing bands, who give or take no quarter. It Beems that to have effectually surrounded sur-rounded their stronghold and to have kept them from escaping would havo required at least one tnousand men. How the E n u my Bacnpcd. On the night of the 16th the lines did not connect on the south, tho left of Mason's and right of Green's linea not uniting. Several hundred yards intervened, inter-vened, and through, this gap they escaped when thoy found they could not reach tho lake. But had the lino been united, thoy could havo crept away unobserved un-observed in the night, following the huge crevices in the massive rocks and sagebrush. I still think they will make their rendezvous around this line, for in noothorplaco in tho country can thoy lind such strong natural defenses and abundance of food. Tho strength of thoir stronghold, both natural and arli-hcial,paEscs arli-hcial,paEscs the boliof of thoso who have never soon it. Colonel iiiddie, a brave and experienced otlicer, says ho could defend tho place successfully with lil'iy men against ono thousand, with no shelling. Good artillery practice was all that dislodged Ihem and was more than they had bargained for. Prom one point u shell was seon to fall in a hole and explode, ex-plode, driving them out liko a swarm of bees. Ouo Modoc came staggering out, and with a y oil of impotent rago lired his rillo directly upward in the air and then fell over. Several amusing incidents aro related of the etloct by the soldiers, who, from the crags, watched their descent into the main defenses. Had tho troops nttempted to carry tho place by storm they would have lost 160 men, and thon been driven back across : the main plateau. The Modocs had built a gallery which commanded the : approaches from all sides. From this they could sweep tho top of the ground, wbere their caves wore, for 5UU yards around, aud the soldiers, after carrying the crags, still had this bare swoop to pass before they reached the caves, a feat there were not men enough there to accomplish. Captain Jack's Military Engine cm. This gallery was comprised of heavy loose rocks, built In parallel walls breast high and about ton foot apart, thirty to forty rods in its serpentine length. At the distance of a few yards cross walls were built its entire length, elfeetually protecting it against a raking lire. Tho Indians displayed remarkable skill in engineering, their defensive works eliciting elicit-ing admiration from tho ablest o Ulcere, who pronounce them unsurpassed for skill, strength, and efficiency, and that nothing short of shelling, thirst or hunger could over havo dislodged the Modoca from there on the night of the 10th. Sublime Impudence. "Whilo a lull in tho firing along tho lines occurred, ono of tho Modocs called out, "Why don'tyou boys go borne V How long you going to 6tay hero? -Don'tyou want to oat? What you no got your supper V" and a lot moro such questions. The soldiers, who kept behind be-hind cover, politely informed their interlocutors in-terlocutors that they had come to spend the summer with thorn and should not return until thoy wont with them. Wo have now ocular demonstration of the truth of your correspondent's telegrams that captain Jack was playing for timo. When wo last visited the Lava bed not a sign of fortifying was visible. During tho long delay he had been busy rendering render-ing tho place impregnable, gathering provisions, ammunition and arms. It is ovident that tho Modocs will make a stand about throe or four miles aouth of their former position. This evoning wo saw thorn herding horses plainly at a point under the Sond Butte caves, and a very strong place. It is directly east of their feeding ground, about a milo back, and four miles southeast of our camp. The Warm Spring Indians were skirmishing from the cast side over tho Lava bed today. to-day. A Volley I'lrtd at Ot-ucral Glllcm. General Gillom ran a narrow chanco yesterday, in company with Ticknor, the guide. Ho got about forty yards , ahead of the skirmish line to got a good view of tho Modocs. He got it. About a dozen of thorn rose up and tired at tho party, about one hundred yards dis- 1 tant- The general fell back in good order into a ravine, where two soldiers i tumbled over him as tho skirmish line fell back. Had not the skirmish line covered the party, giving the Modocs no chanco to raise high enough to take aim, the general and Ticknor might have been reported to-night as two moro men wounded in the lava bed- Lava Bed, April 20, 1S73. Colonel Mason haa moved his camp up into captain Jack's lair and holds it now, Tho lava bed presents a horrid spectacle. Bodies are being discovered in the crevices, and from under heaps of rocks a sickening stench exhales, tilling the air with oiTensive odors. There must have been many killed and wounded that we know nothing oS. Our loss was six killed and twelve wounded. We have evidence of tho death of seventeen sev-enteen Modoca. Their wounded must bo in a greater ratio than ours, for the shells tore thcni up awfully. The ground is literally covered with fragment frag-ment of broken shells. Three shells loll in the uiiin ravine in the center of their camp, scattering them to the winds. Most of their women and children were removed before the masiacre of tho peace commissioners, therefore a largo i portion of them stili live. Thero were about 220 men, women and children, tixty of whom could light. Probably litleen warriors were slain in tho three davs light. Vcal-jrday the boys captured aa eld squaw, who was uuulilu to .;capo. She cunlirma Lho dei-th of Scouchiu, the second sec-ond chief, who was ebuL by Meachain . at Uiq massacre. His hat ia now in cump, the one wore on that fatal day. If the Indian do not make a eland, the country coun-try will be in a horrid state this summer. sum-mer. lUnhers will lo.-o all their cattle and perhaps be Cu roue lied to abandon their ranches. pittv desperate savages roaming through tlieie rocky fartneeses can and will work incalculable damage L property and causu fearful loss of life. They will lay waste the country, whilo the soldiers will be comparatively puw-'rk'es puw-'rk'es because they cannot hunt them. If they tiod them they will render a good account of themselves, but to hnd theui is the trouble. Hunger in every Bock. We cannot venture out without an escort, es-cort, for we know not but eactt rock or bunch of sagebrush conceals a desperate foe. The troops will not be idle. The Modocs will have no chance to rest and recruit their shattered forces. Extermination Extermi-nation is the word, and not until the last one biles tho dust, will justice bo talis lied. Excitement amuug the KnucUcn, The country around this section i3 in a terrible state of excitement, and all business it suspended in a great measure. We are in hourly expectation of hearing hear-ing of tho massacre of some of tho defenseless de-fenseless citizens living in these valleys. If the Modocs but mado a stand together togeth-er in any place wo will soon have the lust one, but if thoy scatter in small bands it will be noxt to impossible to gtt them. It) a.m. Firing has just commenced at the head of the Long Cave, where we were attacked. Tho Indianworo coming com-ing down to water. Th escort coming into meet the pack train has been attacked. at-tacked. Tho men wero ordered to fall in. The attack is about one milo from the camp. The urine is heavy and steady. It Beems the escort is driving the Modocs. 10.15 a m. Firing ceased; no particulars particu-lars before courier leaves. |