Vivid Account of the Surrender of the Modoc Chiefs——Butchery by “_Brave Civilized_” White Men——Oregon Laws——The White Butchers not Arrested——Men who have Political Influence——The Gallows——A Strange Sight to the Modocs——The Harmless Cannon——The Wails of Anguish——Legal Justice——The Most Bloody Hands Escape——The Courier’s Arrival——General Disappointment——A Summary of Scenes and Events 582 CHAPTER XXXVI. TAKING A SAFE LOOK AT A SUBDUED LION——POWER BEHIND BAYONETS——WEAKNESS IN CHAINS. A Fort Turned into a Court-House——The Prisoners at the Bar—— Those Glittering Bayonets——The Prisoners Arraigned——The Trial Begins——A. B. Meacham in Court——Have the Prisoners no Counsel?——Schonchin and Capt. Jack——They Extend their Hands to Meacham——He Repels Them——The Reason for it——Meacham Advised by his Physician not to Appear as Prisoner’s Counsel——The Trial Goes On——Indian Testimony——They Seek to Shift the Responsibility——Capt. Jack not Himself; “He cannot Talk with Irons On.”——Hooker-Jim’s Weak Defence——The Modoc’s Attorney Arrives Too Late——The Most Guilty Modocs Escape Punishment—— The Mistake of the Judge Advocate——The Finding of the Court—— The Death Sentence 607 CHAPTER XXXVII. THE EXECUTION——THE ROYAL CHIEF OUT OF CHAINS.