| Show an indian romance tue TUB PAYING bacr nack BACK AN OD OLD dent DEBT OP OF REVENGE rewe NGI among the indian hunters and mountaineers whose names are particularly ticul arly prominent and well known there are few now living who have had llad a more extended experience peri perl por lenee lence enee ence on the various frontiers and arld among all the tile indian tribes than old bridger r all ali and our own jim baker in a recent conversation with the latter lie informed us that lie hadgmet the tile bodocs many years ago and seen tilo tile present redoubtable captain jack when who nothing but hut an in urchin according to baker all the tiie northern portion of california was disturbed by indian troubles ili in 1852 he being lil uli there ere at tile during this tills year 52 a company under command of capt benjamin wright was organized and proceeded dedo from yreka areka to the indian country around tule lake lako and the tiie lava beds they fought three unsuccessful battles the tile force bein being insufficient for the subjection of t the ig bodocs they returned to yreka yrol a organized a larger force and marched again to the modoc country As the winter came on the mo ifo dlo dio does docs supply of blankets ammunition and food became extremely limited and they were consequently anxious for a cessation of hostilities in april capt wright received the modoc overtures with great reat cordiality A peace conference was agreed upon anda and a place pinco appointed in the tile immediate vicinity of the massacre of gen canvy canby the conference met consisting of about twenty five indians and thirty white men while discussing the term gave his men the signal and in a moment they killed eighteen bodocs and seven bodocs escaped thus peris perls pe ra lied the fathers of f the tiie present plesent I 1 captain jack was nine nine nino years old john binet nineteen een and boston charley and cooka jim two years old baker believes that revenge grew with age culminating in the canby and thomas massacre some years afterwards wright was appointed indian agent on rogue bogue river riter wright was apprehensive of modoc vengeance one night a modoc chief named enos murdered and horribly mutilated wrights body enos was afterwards captured and aud hanged he died exulting that lie he ila ha I 1 wreaked wrecked vengeance on the leader of the massacre of his murdered tribe so runs the story as told by one than whom few are better acquainted with everything relating to the history Iii story of the frontier denver tribune |
