Q. You heard this? A. Yes. “But,” says she, “don’t go.” By that time General Canby and Dr. Thomas had got some one hundred yards ahead of us. Bogus Charley walked out; General Canby and Dr. Thomas walked; Mr. Dyer, Meacham, and Tobey rode horseback.
The Court. Did Bogus Charley walk out with you? A. Yes; him and me were behind.
The Judge-Advocate. Where was Boston Charley at this time? A. If I am not mistaken he was with General Canby and Dr. Thomas.
Q. Did you finally arrive at the peace tent? A. Yes, sir.
Q. And whom did you find there? A. I found Captain Jack, Schonchin, and Black Jim (Ellen’s man), who is dead, they say, Shacknasty Jim, and Hooker Jim.
Q. Were there any others? A. There were no others; well, Boston, he went out with us, and Bogus Charley; there were eight of them there.
Q. Eight were there in the party? A. In the council; yes, sir.
Q. What took place after you met these Modocs whom you have named—between the commissioners and they? A. Well, we all sat down around a little fire we had there, built, I suppose, some twenty or thirty feet from the peace tent. There was some sage brush thrown on, and we were all sitting around the little fire, and General Canby gave them all a cigar apiece, and they all sat around there and smoked a few minutes, and then they went to
talking; General Canby, I think, though I won’t be certain, made the first speech, and told them that he had been dealing with the Indians for some thirty years, and he had come there to make peace with them and to talk good; and that whatever he promised to give them that he would see that they got; and if they would come and go out with him, that he would take them to a good country, and fix them up so that they could live like white people.
Q. Did you interpret all of this to the Indians? A. Yes, sir.