A Remarkable Indian

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 228, 24 March 1874, Page 7

A Remarkable Indian

iThe Modoc Indians seem to:W-§«x4 ? wflfe. ots, to judge by the following account, von by a correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle, of the exploits of "Scar-faced Cjhmtey," one-.of the bravest and nfost appafbntlywtne right-hand >man lot CapMn jJack, the head of the tribe, against which an aptive war is now being carried on on the rborders of Oregon and California. "The ohly way," says the writer, "to dislodge, those Indians is to tight them ten to one, and go into battle with the expectation of losing aj number <>f men. That cannot bo well . avoided. .1 ack/hfef' W jjhs' Wiwiors fvjhf, ayedesperate fighte'ife,'awd-'W* tAe %est '-tflmtiMft %his section of the country. Old ' Scar-faced 'Charley' is said to be equal to any fifty men himself. His wonderful exploit at the fight on Lost River fully proves this. More than fifty shots were fired at him as he retreated, but he did not even get a scratch. When the firing first began, the four soldier? who were trying to disarm him fired at him at ..twenty paces, but not one of T.hem4uthini A The old warrior fired, and at the ■ first sfto'ti ,killed Private Thomas Harris; then, beginihg the mo3t astonishing series of Indian somersaults.an/l,acrobatic ( feats, he retreated tow,afds the'water, at the same time loading his gun. Volley after volley were fired aftor ih}m, but so quick and lightning-like were his.gyratioUs that mot a soldier coqld get accurate aim. Every once in a while, when he got his gun loaded, he would turn a back somersaultand shoot from under his f feg as he turned, and, .strange to say, he never missed. Although he had only fifty yardsto ; re,treat before he reached, the water, he fired four times, killing one man and wounding three. Reaching the river bank he plunged in and swam to the other side ; and, though the bullets ftvw after him thick and jfast, he never '.received a scratch." Old " Scar-faced Charley" would be quite an acquisition at' Wimbledon if he could be induced to pay us a visit this summer. —Pall Mall 'Gazette, ?J8 '■'. ,; "''