Modocs in the Prison and Stockade——New Hanging-Machine——The Announcement of the Death Sentence——The Fallen Chief——His Speech——Boston Charley’s Speech——Schonchin’s——The Enraged Modocs——The Unfettered Traitors——Scar-faced Charley——A Solemn Scene and an Eloquent Prayer——A White Man in Tears over Red Men’s Sorrows——Once Proud, Now Humble——Thunder-bolt from a Clear Sky——Marble Tomb and Pearly Gate——Jumbled Theology—— Whirling Tempest——Roaring Cannon——Lightning Flashing and Darkened Homes——Passing under the Cloud Alone——Anxious for a Good Seat——Six Graves——Boston has a Rare Privilege——Short Questions and Short Answers——More than Bogus could Stand——A Sheriff among Soldiers——State Rights——United States——A Big Offer for a Corpse——Under the Eye of Uncle Sam——The Prisoners Waiting for Marching Orders——The Command: “Come Forth”——Then and Now——Leaving Living Tombs for Permanent Homes——Solving the Problem of _Six_ Graves and _Four_ Coffins——In Sight of the Scaffold——Last in Crime——First to Mount the Ladder——The Chains Drop Off——Six Graves——Six Ropes——Six Prisoners——Four Coffins—— Four Unfettered Convicts——Suspense Succeeds Certain Death—— Last March——A Single Strand and a Gleaming Axe——On the Drop Waiting——Sitting on a Coffin Watching——Justice Making a Protest——Forty Millions of People Talking at Once——What They Say——The Problem Solved——Justice Surprised——The Last Prayer—— The Drop——Calling the Modoc Roll——The Missing——Where They Are—— Tragedy Ended 636 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE TWO GIBBETS. Mementoes of the Horrid Butchery——A Nation’s Justice towards the Strong, and its Tyranny over the Weak——Grant’s Humane Policy—— On Whom should the Blame Fall——The Answer——Witnesses Summoned to Prove the White Man’s Perfidy——O. C. Applegate——His Record of Bloody Deeds——Hon. J. W. Nesmith——His Intimate Acquaintance with Indian Affairs——His Unequivocal Testimony——Dr. Wm. C. McKay’s Testimony——General Harney Bears Witness to the Indian’s Good Faith——The Indians Not the Aggressors in the Oregon War——Testimony of Hon. Geo. E. Cole——Mutual Fear resulting in Butchery——The Rogue River War——The Result—— Another Unimpeachable Witness, Gen. Joel Palmer——His Terrible Arraignment of the Whites——Judge Steele——Ben Wright’s Plot to Poison the Indians——Colonel Whiting——Forty-nine Indians Butchered——A Tribute to Frontier Men——A Simple Remedy for the _Great Wrong_ 663 WIGWAM AND WARPATH. CHAPTER I. EARLY REMINISCENCES, POW-E-SHIEK’S BAND.