Chapter XXXII

HORIZONTAL PYROTECHNICS——THE SCALP MIRACLE——KILLED
IN PETTICOATS——THE PRESENTIMENT.

Preparations for Another Battle——Stretchers for the Wounded——
Mattresses and Lint——The Wounded Man in the Hospital Expects
Company——The Iowa Veteran——The Signal for Battle——It Begins——
Re-echoing of Cannon——The Assault——No Response Yet——Volleys
from the Concealed Foe——The Retreat——The Dead and Wounded——The
PAT-riotic Sutler——The Walking Sage Brush——The Wounded Pony——
Pat’s Head in Danger——The _Flat_ Assaulted——Lieut. Eagan
Falls——The Two Stages——The Remains of the Lamented Dead——The
Bereaved Widow and the Stricken Wife——The Wounded Warm Spring
Indian——He Ridicules Modoc Powder——The Modocs out of Water——
The Lady Passenger——Sympathy Extended——On Her Way to the Lava
Beds——The Welcome Letter——Still Alive, but Handsome No Longer——
The Battle for Water——The Fair-haired Boy——His Terrible
Presentiment——Courage Triumphs——His Lost Messages to Friends——
The Dread Reality——The Unexploded Shell does Execution——A
Scalp Cut to Suit——The Indian Plays Squaw——He is Suspected and
_Numerously_ Scalped——Military Bombast——Mourning for the Dead——
Remains of Canby and Thomas——The Stricken Parent——The Wife’s
Disappointment and Anguish——The Modocs Withdraw——The Soldiers
Deceived——They Surround Vacant Caves 522