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Spose you like put him chain my legs, us all leg all lite me say good. Gen. Davis said So Scarface Charley you want to lay your arms down and quit fighting ok. I am glad that you and these others have decided to quit I will see that you men shall be protected. Now come with me. I expect you are hungry. come and have some thing to eat. Hold on Mr. Davis. me to putty quick and eat me like talk you now. me like tell you me no fraud you no. me just quit fight you soldiers no good shoot me not like kill lots soldiers. Soldiers all same woman. no shoot good no his Ingun. May be so soldier afraid Modoc man. He no shoot good all time he like run Just like deer that's all lots soldiers. but soldiers he no good fight. spose twenty soldiers after me lone. I sit down. I kill all him spouse him no run like deer. Now me eat. me quit talk. Gen. Jeff C. Davis made arrangements with the four warriors after supper. he told them he would not keep them as prisoners or under guard. So the next morning the four Indians was hired by the officer Gen Davis as scouts. They took the job to run their own people down at $100.00 one hundred dollar per month.