Q. Who talked? A. Most of the Indians; the two chiefs were talking.
Q. What two chiefs? A. Captain Jack and Schonchin.
Q. Did you hear them state they meant to kill them? A. I didn’t hear them say they were going to kill them.
Q. What did you hear them say? A. I heard them talking about killing the commissioners: that is all I heard them say. I didn’t hear them say who was going to do it.
Q. How long before the meeting of the peace commissioners when General Canby was killed was this talk? A. I almost forget. I don’t want to lie. I have forgotten how many days it was.
Q. What Indians were at that meeting of April 11, when General Canby was shot? A. Schonchin, Captain Jack, Ellen’s man (dead). I was there, and Black Jim, Boston, Bogus Charley, and Hooker Jim; there were eight.
Steamboat Frank, a Modoc witness for the prosecution, duly sworn, being duly warned against the consequences of perjury.
Question by judge-advocate. What is your name? Answer. I am called Steamboat Frank.
Q. Were you present at the death of General Canby? A. Yes.