Klamath County Museum
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principal chiefs came, nor was there anything satisfactory<br />
accomplished. The Indians upon their arrival inquired tor J'udge<br />
Rosborough and E. steele J:sq, the former ot whom had upon the<br />
request of General Canby been adddd to the Commission; I had<br />
earnestly recommended this appointment to General Canby, attar<br />
ascertaining the high esteem in which the J'udge was held by both<br />
whites and Indians.<br />
J'udge Rosborough and Mr. steele arrived on February 27th (the<br />
latter at the request ot General Canby) and that evening there was,<br />
at my Headquarters, the first tull meeting ot the Peace Commission.<br />
Attar a great deal of talk, General Canby proposed that J'udge Steele<br />
should go to the Indian camp with these terms, "to surrender as<br />
prisoners ot w.r, to be sent to a SOuthern reservation, and to be<br />
ted or supported until they could support thamselves"<br />
On the 28th J'udge Steele and party went to the Lava bed, and on<br />
the night ot March 1st, I received a note trom Lieutenant Anderson,<br />
A. D. c. to General Canby, announcing that the "Indians had accepted<br />
the proposed terms" eight warriors and Mary (J'ack' s sister)<br />
returned with J'udge Steele, as they said to ar:rs.nge tor the tribe<br />
to come in, J'ack being as he claimed, too sick to t:rs.vel. The same<br />
terms were repeated and accepted so tar as the Indians present<br />
were empowered to act. The proposition to protect them was to<br />
include those charged with murdering the "settlers". On the 2nd<br />
ot March J'udge Steele returned to the Lava Beds to make arrangements<br />
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