A REMARKABLE INDIAN.

Evening Star, Issue 3451, 14 March 1874, Page 2

A REMARKABLE INDIAN.

The Modoc Indians seem to be good rifle shots, to judge by the following account, given by a correspondent of the ‘ San Francisco Chronicle,' of the exploits of “ Soar-faced Charley,” described al * pile of 'he bravest and most dangerous Indians of the tribe, and apparently the right-hand ma| of Captain .Jack, the head of the tribe, against which an active war is now being c Tried on on the borders of Oregon and California. “The only way,” says the writer, “to dislodge those Indians is to fight them ten to one, and go into battle with the expectation of losing a number of men. That cannot fie well avpidefi. Jack has some waniors who are desperate fighter's, and are the best shots in this seciioii' of thA country. Old * Scar-faced Charley ’is said to be equal to any fifty men himself. Hie wonderful exploit at the fight on Lost oiver fully proves this. Mere than fifty shots were fired at him as he re* treated, but be did not even get a scratch. When the tiring first began, the four soldiers who were trying to disarm him fired at him at twenty paces, but not one of them hit him. The old warrior fired, and at the first shpt killed Private Thomas Hams j then, beginning the meat astonish* mg senes of Indian somersault’s aiid acrobatic feats, he retreated towards the water, at the same time loading his gun. Yolley after volley were fired after him, but so quick and lightning-like were his gyrations that not a soldier could get accurate aim. Every once in a while, when he got his gun loaded, he would turn a back somer* sault and shoot from under his leg as he turned, stran ge today, be never missed. Although he had nearly fifty yards to retreat before he reached the water, he*fired four times, killing one bean and wounding 'three. Peaching the river bank he plunged in and swam to the other side; and, though the bullets flew after him thick and fast, he never received ascratch.” Old “ Scar faced Charley” would be quite an “acquisition” at Wim* biedon if he could be induced to pay us a visit this summer.— ‘ Pall Mall Gazette.’