Spokane Chronicle July 21, 1926 CHIEF CHARLES FAITHFUL TELLS OF MODOC UPRISING Sole Survivor of War Arrives With Wife To Attend Congress ----------------- By Paul Wapato Full-Blood Indian, Member of Chronicle Editorial Staff Chief Charles Faithful, totally blind, is reputed to be one of the Indian timber barons of the Klamath Indian Reservation, and his bank account, it is said, runs easily into five figures. He arrived in the city Tuesday night in a 1926 model Willys-Knight to attend the Indian Congress. During the Modoc uprising, in which General Canby was shot, Chief Faithful was the Indian scout for the government forces. His account of the uprising follows: "The Modocs had built a stockade in an inaccessible region south of the Klamath Indian Reservatiion near the California line. It was a natural stockade, situated in lava beds. As a scout for the government forces I located their hiding place and informed General Canby. Then the soldiers surrounded the Indians." Chief Faithful accompanied this description by gesturing with both of his hands, indicating by his out-stretched arms that the tribe were completely surrounded. "The soldiers laid a seige for two days." continued the Modoc war survivor, "and then we saw some of the Indian warriors signaling. Presently we saw one of their members appear on the horizon with a white flag of truce. We returned the salute. General Canby advanced into the lava beds with a few soldiers to confer with a group of Indians who approached with the flag of truce. "The rest of the warriors wore their blankets about their shoulders. As the two supposedly peace-makers came face to face the Indians fired from beneath their blankets. General Canby fell, mortally wounded. The Indians fled back to their stronghold." Here Chief Faithful chuckled as he recalled the confusion. He made motions with his fingers that the Indians ran. Then he told of another seige that eventually ended when the leader of the tribe, Captain Jack surrendered. He said Captain Jack was hung shortly after his capture at Fort Klamath. Incidentally, the hanging of Captain Jack cited by Chief Faithful is numbered among the few instances when leaders of tribes have proven dishonarable in time of war after flying the flag of truce. Old Chief Faithful shook his head as he spoke about Captain Jack. (Charles "Modoc" Faithful died July 21, 1926) _________________________________________________________________ MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access fights spam and pop-ups – now 3 months FREE! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/