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to speak. He denied any part of the terrible crime. Black Jim, half-brother to Capt. Jack, spoke next. He was anxious to live, that he might take care of the tribe, saying, "I don't know what Capt. Jack and Schonchin think of it." Jack shook his head. Jim continued, "If the white chief's laws say I am guilty of crime, let me die. I am not afraid to die. I am afraid of nothing. I should like to hear the Spirit Man's talk."

George Denny, Indian name Slolux. One of the Modoc war- riors, sentenced for life to Alcatraz Island, S. P. Bay, and par- doned after serving five or six years. Died at Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma, July 22, 1899.

Boston Charley was the next speaker. He created a sensa- tion.

"You all knew me during the war. It seemed to me that* I have two hearts, one Indian and the other white. I am only a boy and yet you all know what I have done ; although a boy, I feel like a man, and when I look on each side of me, I think of these other men as women. I do not fear death. I think that I am the only man in the room. I fought in the front rank with Shaknasty, Steamboat, Bogus and Hooker. I am alto- gether a man, and not half a woman. I killed Dr.