CHAPTER XXIV.

PEACE OR WAR——ONE HUNDRED LIVES VOTED AWAY BY MODOC INDIANS.

A Descent to the Lava Bed——Tule Lake——The Lone Woman with a Field Glass——The Deserted White House——The Dark Bluff——The Red-skinned Loyal Soldiers——The Solitary Tree——Description of the Lava Bed——Link River Jack the Natural Traitor——Council among the Modocs——Jack Still for Peace——Earnest Speeches on both sides——The Curly-headed Doctor decides the Momentous Question——The Vote is for War——How the Doctor makes Medicine—— Captain Jack Plans the Battle——A Lost Warning to the Sleepers 388