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Am not related but may be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info but additional newspaper extracts may be found at URL:
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Vern D
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch; <deesar@frontiernet.net>
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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<Tuesday, 21 Jan 1873>
THE MODOC WAR
-- A Desperate Battle Fought -- 10 Whites Known to be Killed and 40 Wounded -- No Indians Known to be Killed -- From Yreka, Jan. 20 --
Dispatches from General WHEATON to General CANBY report a battle fought with the Modocs on Friday last lasting from 8 a.m. to dark. The Indians were entirely concealed among the rocks, and scarcely one was seen. The loss to the troops was 40 killed and wounded. The troops were compelled to retire to their camp. They will now only try to keep the Modocs from raiding until reinforced.
From an interview with Mr. TICKNOR we get the following particulars of the battle with the Modocs: On Thursday afternoon Captain BERNARD's command had considerable fighting with the Indians and drove them back and obtained a position within 2 miles of Jack's camp. In this skirmish Lieutenant KYLE was wounded and several soldiers killed and wounded. Friday morning the attack was commenced on the west by PERRY and MASON's command, together with the Oregon and California volunteers. The battle opened by a few shells from the howitzers, but owing to the dense fog they were afraid of their throwing away BERNARD's men who were attacking from the east. FAIRCHILD's company stood in the front of the fighting for a long time and suffered greatly until Captain PERRY ordered them back and put his regulars ahead a distance of a mile. The troops made several attempts to charge the line along the lava bed, but only met showers of bullets from the unseen enemy in the chasms. Captain PERRY was severely wounded in the arm and hip. Several men were wounded and some killed. Here, too, was where FAIRCHILD's men were wounded and 2 Oregon volunteers (Frank TREMBLE and J.R. BROWN) killed. Most of the men succeeded in reaching BERNARD's line before dark,
but many were obliged to hide in the rocks until darkness would let them escape from the Indians, who fought with desperation, jumping from rock to rock and picking off every soldier they could see. They fought as is their
custom, stripped naked, with nothing but an ammunition sack swung from their shoulders. Lieutenant ROBERTS, of FAIRCHILD's command, received a terrible wound in the head, which will undoubtedly prove fatal as the brains protruded.
Much excitement has prevailed here all day in consequence of the fight. The officers are now satisfied that Captain Jack intend to fight it out where he is, and consider he has the strongest natural fort to be found in the country. Up to the time TICKNOR left there were 10 whites known to be killed and 30 wounded.
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