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Cl tump Scene* of the Execution.ilr.tedtrdThe following u trum the Util dispatch ol the S, F. built tin reporter at the scene ol the Modoc Execution: Four Klamath, October 3d—2 r. x.—Having dispatched my message, I remained behind to witness the dosing seen#* of the tragedy. In exactly half an hour from the tailing of the drop, lha bodies of the hanged were cut down, and placed in their coffins, which were then removed to the blacksmith's tent, where the shackles which had bean partially disengaged, were entirely removed, and the remains were put in decent Order for burial. Only the necks of Captain Jack and Black Jim were found to have been broken. I saw alranda of the rope with which Jack was hanged, and the locks of Ilia hatr shorn off, as perquisites by the ex. ci it toners, sold as high as (.3 apiece. While this was being done the troops were removed from the ground by companies and dismissed. Alter that the remains were taken to the graves which had been dug for them at thewest side of the guard house, and theinterment completed. The Klamath Indians, about 500 or 600 in duuiimt, were marshaled in column by their •ub-chief, David Hill, and moved away. Some, probably relatives of the victims, appeared stricken with grief, and filled the air with their mournful wailing. The majority mam fesled indifference. I have been informed by their Child that there is notthe remotest possibility of any further difficulty between the whites and the remaining Modocs. They consider the . punishment ol the Modocs proper and l'°just. He sard that while some of the /'Motions at Yainax may be angry for a while, they will soon forget it. f have just been informed by General Whea. |pnalvihi Orten that John jSconchin has made an 1,1 a earnest and pathetic appeal to him for the custody ol the children ol Seonchin, his brother, who was executed this morning, whom he desires to educate in love and respect for the whites.The General informed him that, owing to his loyalty to the whites and his fidelity to treaty simulations, he would u«e his strongest efforts to gel the re. quest granted by the President. Early this morning Scar laced Charley, Steam boat Frank, Hooka Jim, lingo* Char ley, and all others ot the Modocs whohave temporarily enjoyed freedom, itineiwere placed in confinement in the stockade, and I hove jitel learned from the brat authority a fact fuifiili ig my prediction in regard to their future disposition. They and al. other Mo doc captive* are to be removed to Fort I). A- Russel), Wyoming Territory, under the escort ol Company B, Fourth Arlillerv, and Company G. Twelfth Intoiitry; and so will end llie terrific Modoc tragedy, in which so many hardy pioneers ami so many brave officers and soldiers have laid down their lives.: Ki. ill imlicws, the bourier who brought the Associated Press dispatch of yesterday, left the scene of execution *t HH.Ttta, ii. and reached Jack sonville at 5:25 p. riding a distance of ninety-two miles in the unproeedcnl- ! to ed lime uf six hours and filly-five nun- },„ ntes, over a mountain road ol more than usual roughness, and using only I 11 four animals for the entire trip, tmk- *r ing forty-two miles in exactly two tin hours un the last stretch. Considering | j„ the nature ol about Sheen mites ol theroad, which wns obstructed bv fallenoila;cl IIcaitogs, huge boulders and deep ruts, this may bo reckoned an the most extraordinary feat of horsemanship ever performed on the Pacific Const, The courier having the dispatches ol the New York Herald and San Francisco Chronicle arrived in Jacksonville thirty minutes later, and the courier ot the Sacramento Rttord only reached Ashland, seventeen miles south of here, about I to daylight this morning, | j0J*i'ksosvtLLK, Oregon, October 5th.—On my arrival here I found more ex | evi citement over the terrible race that ,,f had been won by the courier ot the fici Call and JluUttiii, than there was over |,tr the execution ot lb© Modocs. The «(, victory was hailed with rejoicing, as 0f the people have not forgotten the lying ! (-.ni correspondence ol the VhronivU dur-' tig the Modoc war, and were glad to we them defeated.I omitted to mention that about twenty minutes after ail the couriers tad dashed away from the scene ol ex ecutton, the carrier pigeons of the Cftronide were started by its reporter, tine-of them made a splendid start, ckcliug mund fur awhile, and then j 0|0 dtried off southward. The second j ca, lost his message, and alighted on n I a[ pine tree a hundred yards distant, | pn where 1 left him gazing at the Modoc fnr f uueral. ©3lb:coi
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Jacksonville Oregon Sentinel
Jacksonville, Oregon, US
Sat, Oct 11, 1873
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