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and addressed his brother with the following words. He raised his eyes up to him and said :

"My brother, I came here not to bid yon farewell, but to see if you die like a man. I see yon lack courage. I see tears in your eyes. You would not and did not listen to me, so now

Whus-sum-kpel, now known as Henry Hudson, one of the Modoc survivors. He is blind. He was married to a white woman who died at the Yainax Indian Reservation, Oregon, in 1912, where he still resides.

I say I cast you to the four winds. You are no brother of mine. You put a black mark upon my name, although my word is as true as the sun, so now die. I cast you aw^ay." He turned and rode away, followed by his men.

A white preacher told Capt. Jack that he must not be afraid

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