THE WEST SHORE. wilderness and fought tho savage denizens for years, and never Ix-foro lioen guilty of lying down to Bleep in nn eneinv'a country without iiosting a guard. Slumber's chains Inmnd tlio camp, but around it stole tlio iuuou fl ln of WtVugu fcleiuioi. Xelilol' UllJ neiiior they crept, until they stood among the sleeping men by the fire. Tho Modocs wero ready to claim the first white victiiiiH of that band of murdered ones who have fallen in that sterile lamL liven in his hIiiiiiIhth tho HeiiHitivo ear of Kit Caron caught the Hound of the dull thud, uh a blow fell upon the head of a keeping companion, Leaping to his feet ho kicked tho smoldering ciiiIhth of tho camp-fire, and by tho light of tho uprooting flame Haw tlio dark forms of the MtxlocH. Springing to one Hide to avoid tho light of the fire, tlio hold trapper cried "Indians! Indians!" Hiid in an iiiHtant tho camp wim aroused. Crnne, a Dela waro Indian, Hprung to bin feet and endeavored to din charge his gun, which wiih unfortunately unloaded, and received five arrowH in his breast. Iteinoinberiiig that hit gun waH also unloaded, Carson cant it aside, drew a singlo-barrclcd pistol mid discharged it at tho Ravage who wim slaying his friend, but tho bravo was dodging about ho continually that tho bullet miHHod him and cut tho Hiring of his tomahawk. All but this Modoc wero now in full retreat, mid bh hn turned to lleo two bullets from the now thoroughly aroused camp laid him dead upon tho ground. I Io was the only one of tho attacking party who reinainml long enough to bo hurt, and had they all beeu hh hold oh ho it would havo fared badly witli that unpro tected mm k With rillo in hand they kept clone vigil till morning, "'t " ')' I'I'IM'ared Ut molest thi-m. Lajeunnosso and Dciino, an IriMpmis, had been killed in their Hleep before tlm nlarm was given, and the bravo Crano had died in the Ntrugglo, Hearing their inanimate forms tho Horrowful party started back along their trail to moot tho main body, hut after progressing alsmt ten mill decided to bury them among tho willows of a small stream. This wim Hot Creek, in Siskiyou County, California, discharg. mg into Klamath Lnko from tho Houth. Having per formed this painful duty, and having driven their horses backwards mid forwards across tho sjiot to destroy all trace of the grave, ho that tho savages would not exhume I ho lsHl.es, they continued their journey ami WK, llM,t Uieir friends, and the company, once inoro united, went into camp for the night, cherishing thought of revenge. On the morrow, when tho party commenced iU journey towards tho Houth. fifWn , niu, were , rewaM.nl by tho np,earace ol i . , . . 1 rlu''y W'K'ii. Sk i t nii ... ..... . ... . , llllk, n,l v urson W1W H(llt jext day m tho d,reet,on of Tule Lake to search for tho Indian v, ag,S neoompiuiied by ton pick.nl men. They Minn mi, I. I.n.l.. ......... - i . . .-I... it" j . ' "wiwna oi Iirty lodges, and hav- ig o time to Kend for n.iiforcomcnU, charged bo lv thU.ish,l Modoc. Tho Il,m . MU Mll7 Jimuo Wltro 110Vii, aml lorrifjing 4-1. 4- 4-lmv crtnn flpd in a panic, pursued by the avengers who killed several of them before they disappeared amid the intricacies of the Lava Beds. The deserted wickiups wero found to be artistically and beautifully woven of the tulos from the lake, but tho torch was applied to them, and the whole rancheria, with a large quantity of dried fish, was destroyed The main party soon arrived and then the journey was resumed Twenty men stole back to the burned vil lage to see if the Indians would not return, and though fifty were seen they disappeared before the party was prepared to attack them. In riding into camp one brave was discovered, who was ridden down by Fremont just in time to save Kit Carson's life. They soon passed out of the Modoc country, and though they had a little more trouble with Indians, it is probable that the Modocs were not responsible for it. A few days later they reached the Sacramento Valley, and Fremont began the conquest of California, changing a savage for a civilized foe. Years later, in speaking of this affair to the Hon. Lindsay Applegate, a Modoc ghief said the reason for making this attack upon Fremont was that these were the first white men who had ever come into their country, and they wanted to kill them to prevent others from coming. On the 4th of July, 1846, but two months after this affair, a party of fourteen men from the Willamette Val ley came upon that grave among the willows of Mot Creek. Thev were exulorincr an 'emigrant route from X O O " Fort Hall to the southern end of the Willamette Valley, tho ono since known as the Southern Route to Oregon, the Northern Route to California, or the AnnleMte Trail. ' x x o Lending spirits in this party were Jesse and Lindsay Applegate, well known to all old residents of Oregon. They saw pieces of paper and other evidences of the presence ot white men, and surmised that some one was : buried where the ground was so badlv tramded bv the horsesa surmise which they verified by probing the ground with poles. I he Modocs were much excited and apparently alarmed by this second invasion of their noun. try, and signal smokes arose from the hill tops to apprise an mourners oi the tribe of the presence of an enemy. Tho cause of all this was explained afterwards, when they learned of the attack upon Fremont and the chastisement he had administered By keeping careful watch they passed through the hostile country without exposing themselves to attack and reached Fort Hall in safety. UiMin their return that fall with a party of emigrants one of theso loitered behind the train, near Tule Lake, and fell a victim to the Modoca That was the first train of emigrants to pass through this inhospitable country, and no more followed them till 1852, that year of death at Bloody Fomt Hahrv T, Wro It was a stranger m Montana who ran awav with a Montana man's mtheaded wife, and when the Kana an caught up with him he said: "Wimmin is skeS "i,Z1u"gfirdidenied 8ke,er8e: but rTrafteTS: fhinglS&hern; " to lize the A