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for a certain purpose it was taken to Washington, D. C., and there exhibited to the public at ten cents a sight. Undoubtedly the man that did this was too lazy to work. He wanted easy money.

I have forgotten whether it \vas the fourth or fifth of Octo- ber, 1873'"', that all the Modocs were hustled to government wagons and started on the road for the nearest railroad ; that w r as Redding, California, one company of soldiers escorting them. I never learnt the name of the officer that had the In- dians in charge. They were all settled at Quapaw Agency. Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma. The government allotted them land, a few years after they had been settled there, forty to seventy acres each. The older Indians nearly all died off in just a few years. The change of climate did not agree -with them. All the warriors died except just a few. They are now living in Oregon on the Klamath Indian Reser- vation, namely: Ben Lawver (Ha-kar-gar-ush), Mr. Peter Schonchin, son of sub-chief John Schonchin who was hung on Oct. 3rd at Fort Klamath, Oregon, in 1873; Whus-sum-Kpel. known now as Henry Hudson. These are the only three men living here that took a hand in the Mocloc War of 1872 and 1873. There is one at Quapaw, Oklahoma. His name is Johnny Ball 4, so there are only four left out of fifty-two war- riors that held one thousand troops and seventy-eight Warm Spring Indian Scouts, and one company of Oregon Volunteers at bay from November 18, 1872 to June i, 1873. There is also R. W. Hood and Charles Hood living, on the Klamath

^Returned to the Yainax, Klamath Reservation, Oregon, 1913.

sThe Modoc prisoners consisting of 39 men, 54 women and 60 children, were conducted from Fort Klamath, Oregon, to Fort McPherson, Neb., Octo- ber 24th, 1873, by Captain H. C. Hasbrook. 4th Artillery, U. S. A.

War Department, Washington City, Nov. 1st, 1878.

Col. J. J. Reynolds, 3rd Cav. In reply to your letter of the 31st inst., rec- ommend the detail of Lt. Melville C. Wilkinson to proceed to Fort McPherson, Neb., and to take charge of the Modoc prisoners at that place and attend to their transportation to the Quapaw Agency in the Indian Territory.

WM. W. BELKNAP, Secretary of War.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

United States Indian Service.

Seneca School, Quapaw Agency, Wyandotte, Okla., Nov. 30, 1912. There are four or five of the prisoners of war still living here. Martha Lawvor, the oldest living member of her tribe. She is reputed to be past 105 years of age. (Died 31st March, 1913.) Her daughter Jennie, is past 60. She was a grown woman when she was brought here in 1873. Mrs. Robins, the daughter of U. S. Grant, is living in this vicinity. She was a young girl during the Modoc War. IRA C. DEAVE