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down a company of Soldiers Cavelraymen comanded by Major Jackson was dismounting near a ford on lost liver four miles from the Indian Villiage up the river. the ford is now calld Stuken ford the commander told his Brave Soldiers we will wait here till near the morning hour. then we will go down and pay the reds a visit eight or nine miles South east of his Company of Soldiers fifteen or twenty settlers had collected togeather in one of the settlers homes and was talking about war. they were preparing for war against the Modocs. kind reader these men are the same men that had promised scarface Charley and his men that same evening that in case the Modoc got into a fight with the troops they would stay home and so as the Indians had requested them too. Capt Jack and John Schouchin? stayd up till a late hour this night trying to reach some conclusion. for the following day they decided one and all to not offer battle unless the Soldiers forced them to fight all of the Indians went to their lodges and was soon sleeping not thinking in the least that they would be routed by day light there was not one of them but what thought. the Soldiers would come to their Villige in day time. they soon afterwards found out that was not the case. long before the dawn of day on the morning nov, 18th 1872, the