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MODOC WAR CAPTAIN JACK'S STONGHOLD LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.wmv
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The Modoc War, or Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War), was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873.[6] Eadweard Muybridge photographed the early part of the US Army's campaign.
Kintpuash—Captain Jack led 52 warriors in a band of more than 150 Modoc people who left the Klamath Reservation. Occupying defensive positions throughout the lava beds south of Tule Lake (in present-day Lava Beds National Monument), those few warriors resisted for months the more numerous United States Army forces sent against them, which were reinforced with artillery. In April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack and others killed General Edward Canby and Rev. Eleazer Thomas, and wounded two others, mistakenly believing this would encourage the Americans to leave. The Modoc fled back to the lava beds. After U.S. forces were reinforced, some Modoc warriors surrendered and Captain Jack and the last of his band were captured. Jack and five warriors were tried for the murders of the two peace commissioners. Jack and three warriors were executed and two others sentenced to life in prison.
The remaining 153 Modoc of the band were sent to Indian Territory (pre-statehood Oklahoma), where they were held as prisoners of war until 1909, settled on reservation land with the Shawnee. Some at that point were allowed to return to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon. Most Modoc (and their descendants) stayed in what became the state of Oklahoma. They achieved separate federal recognition and were granted some land in Oklahoma. There are two federally recognized Modoc tribes: in Oregon and Oklahoma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_War
http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/the-modoc-war-of-1872/
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/spring/winema.html
Additional video footage :
https://youtu.be/Sjg7J076WVo
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Kintpuash—Captain Jack led 52 warriors in a band of more than 150 Modoc people who left the Klamath Reservation. Occupying defensive positions throughout the lava beds south of Tule Lake (in present-day Lava Beds National Monument), those few warriors resisted for months the more numerous United States Army forces sent against them, which were reinforced with artillery. In April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack and others killed General Edward Canby and Rev. Eleazer Thomas, and wounded two others, mistakenly believing this would encourage the Americans to leave. The Modoc fled back to the lava beds. After U.S. forces were reinforced, some Modoc warriors surrendered and Captain Jack and the last of his band were captured. Jack and five warriors were tried for the murders of the two peace commissioners. Jack and three warriors were executed and two others sentenced to life in prison.
The remaining 153 Modoc of the band were sent to Indian Territory (pre-statehood Oklahoma), where they were held as prisoners of war until 1909, settled on reservation land with the Shawnee. Some at that point were allowed to return to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon. Most Modoc (and their descendants) stayed in what became the state of Oklahoma. They achieved separate federal recognition and were granted some land in Oklahoma. There are two federally recognized Modoc tribes: in Oregon and Oklahoma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_War
http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/the-modoc-war-of-1872/
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/spring/winema.html
Additional video footage :
https://youtu.be/Sjg7J076WVo
@ col mikel COL Mikel J. Burroughs @ ltc stephen LTC Stephen C. @ ltc stephen LTC Stephen F. @ ltc frank LTC (Join to see) @ maj william Maj William W. "Bill" Price @ maj stephen LTC (Join to see) @ capt tom Capt Tom Brown @ capt marty Maj Marty Hogan @ smsgt doc SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas @ sra christopher SrA Christopher Wright @ msg andrew MSG Andrew White @ sfc joe SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL @ sfc mary SFC (Join to see) @ ssg robert SSG Robert Webster @ sgt david SGT (Join to see) @ sgt david SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth @ sp5 mark SP5 Mark Kuzinski @ spc margaret SPC Margaret Higgins @ po3 tom PO3 Tom Howard Alan K.
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The Modocs sealed their own fate by killing Canby. Attacking emissaries at a peace conference was bound to bring an overwhelming response. The fact that the Modocs didn't grasp that was their misfortune.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
I'm a casual reader of Native American History. Something I think that leads to conflict is when cultures have customs and beliefs that are totally alien to each other. Two things that come to mind when looking at conflicts between the Native Americans and the US was that Natives had no concept of individual ownership of land and questioned the need for borders. The second thing was that natives didn't see how they, as individuals would be bound to or responsible for the actions of other tribal members. If a few renegades went off on their own and raided the US punished the entire tribe.
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US Army units involved in the Modoc War:
1st Cavalry Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
4th US Artillery Regiment (now the 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment)
Medal of Honor
Brevet Brigadier General John Green (then Major), 1st Cavalry Regiment
LTC John O. Skinner (then a civilian contract surgeon)
1st Cavalry Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
4th US Artillery Regiment (now the 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment)
Medal of Honor
Brevet Brigadier General John Green (then Major), 1st Cavalry Regiment
LTC John O. Skinner (then a civilian contract surgeon)
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Thanks SGT John " Mac " McConnell for sharing the video focused on the Modoc Campaign led by Captain Jack who led 52 warriors in a band of more than 150 Modoc people who left the Klamath Reservation in California.
Unintended consequences or ill conceived plans is an apt summary IMHO of the fact that in "April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack and others killed General Edward Canby and Rev. Eleazer Thomas, and wounded two others, mistakenly believing this would encourage the Americans to leave."
Of course the response by the US Government was overwhelming.
Injustice knows no bounds when unconstrained by inherent goodness or applicable laws.
Not be confused with our friend CPT Jack Durish
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Wayne Brandon Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SP5 Robert Ruck SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright SGT Robert George CPL Eric Escasio SPC (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SGT (Join to see)
Unintended consequences or ill conceived plans is an apt summary IMHO of the fact that in "April 1873 at a peace commission meeting, Captain Jack and others killed General Edward Canby and Rev. Eleazer Thomas, and wounded two others, mistakenly believing this would encourage the Americans to leave."
Of course the response by the US Government was overwhelming.
Injustice knows no bounds when unconstrained by inherent goodness or applicable laws.
Not be confused with our friend CPT Jack Durish
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Wayne Brandon Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SP5 Robert Ruck SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright SGT Robert George CPL Eric Escasio SPC (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SGT (Join to see)
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