Chapter XXXIV

AMEN OUT OF TIME——FRIENDLY ADVICE FROM ENEMIES——BETRAYED.

Meacham at Ferree’s——Then and Now——Capt. Jack——Another Scene in
the Hospital——Maybridge——Bunker Bildad——Modocs Impatient to be
on the Warpath——Gen. Canby’s Remains in San Francisco——The
Silver-haired Man in Iowa——The Warning against the Klamaths——
Old Father Jones and Brother Congar——The Misunderstanding——
Administering Saltpetre——Army Recruiting——Making Another
Coffin——Meacham Again in Danger——Iowa Veteran Ready to Dose
out Blue Pills——Location of Modocs——Reconnoissance Ordered——
Defeat of Thomas and Wright——Scenes of the Slaughter——Warm
Springs to the Rescue——Cranston’s Death——Thirty-four Modocs
Fighting Eighty Soldiers——Peace Commissioners not in the Way——
Lt. Harris’s Mother in Camp——Gen. Davis’s Report of the Fight——
Modocs Leave the Lava Beds——Dry Lake Battle——Modocs said to be
Whipped for Once——Treason of Hooker Jim to Bogus——Gen. Davis’s
Summary of Succeeding Events 562

CHAPTER XXXV.

LAST HIDING-PLACE——HANGING-MACHINE UNTRIED——MODOC
BUTCHERS OUTDONE.

Vivid Account of the Surrender of the Modoc Chiefs——Butchery by
“_Brave Civilized_” White Men——Oregon Laws——The White Butchers
not Arrested——Men who have Political Influence——The Gallows——A
Strange Sight to the Modocs——The Harmless Cannon——The Wails of
Anguish——Legal Justice——The Most Bloody Hands Escape——The
Courier’s Arrival——General Disappointment——A Summary of Scenes
and Events 582

CHAPTER XXXVI.

TAKING A SAFE LOOK AT A SUBDUED LION——POWER BEHIND
BAYONETS——WEAKNESS IN CHAINS.

A Fort Turned into a Court-House——The Prisoners at the Bar——
Those Glittering Bayonets——The Prisoners Arraigned——The Trial
Begins——A. B. Meacham in Court——Have the Prisoners no
Counsel?——Schonchin and Capt. Jack——They Extend their Hands to
Meacham——He Repels Them——The Reason for it——Meacham Advised by
his Physician not to Appear as Prisoner’s Counsel——The Trial
Goes On——Indian Testimony——They Seek to Shift the
Responsibility——Capt. Jack not Himself; “He cannot Talk with
Irons On.”——Hooker-Jim’s Weak Defence——The Modoc’s Attorney
Arrives Too Late——The Most Guilty Modocs Escape Punishment——
The Mistake of the Judge Advocate——The Finding of the Court——
The Death Sentence 607