Death Of Scar-faced Charley
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Day
11
Month
December
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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Séneca, Mo„ Dec. 10. - Scar-Faced Charley, a noted Modoc chief, is dead of consumption on the Modoc reservation in Indian territory, four miles írom here. He was a member of tne conference with the United States committee, General Canby and others. April 11, 1873, near the lava beds in Oregon, at which time General Canby and Dr. Thomas were killed and Mr. Meacham and other commissioners wounded. It is said that Scar-Faeed Charley fired the shot that broke up the conference. The Modocs fmally surrendered to General .T. C. "oomis June 1, 1873.
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Ann Arbor Democrat