The Modoc War, or the 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. [3]

The Modoc War, waged mostly over the winter and spring of 1872-1873, thrust the border between Oregon and California into the national spotlight. During peace negotiations, General E.R.S. Canby was killed, the first full-ranking U.S. Army general to lose his life in a conflict between Indians and the federal government.

2018年5月8日 · On 29 November the war began with the Battle of Lost River. The United States cavalry, commanded by Captain James Jackson, opened fire on Kintpuash's camp, forcing the Modocs to split up and flee to the Lava Beds in Northern California. En route, Hooker Jim and his men killed eleven male settlers.

The war lasted six months, from November 29, 1872 to June 1, 1873, although tensions leading to the conflict began much earlier. Much of the war was centered around Captain Jack’s Stronghold, a natural lava fortress characterized by deep trenches and small caves.

2021年3月9日 · What appeared just another police action against off-reservation Indians quickly flared into the dramatic and costly 1872–73 Modoc War

The Modoc War (1872–73) comprised the federal government’s attempt to return this band to the reservation; unable to apprehend the group, the military finally used siege tactics to force its surrender.

The Modoc War, 1872-1873 by Warren A. Beck and Ynez D. Hasse . This conflict resulted from forces common to all Indian wars: the encroachment of whites upon traditional Indian land until the aboriginal way of life was threatened with extinction.

2023年1月20日 · Winema gained national attention because of her role in the Modoc War of 1872–1873, a war that lasted approximately eight months but that finds its roots in the Indian policy of the 19th century. In 1864, under pressure from settlers, the government decided to move the Modocs onto the Klamath Reservation in southern Oregon.

This photo, taken shortly after the defeat of the Modoc Indians, shows some of the officers involved in the 1872-1873 conflict between the Modocs and the U.S. Army. The Modoc War was fought over land.

2025年2月11日 · Modoc War was an armed conflict of 1872-1873 between the Modoc band of Indians led by Captain Jack (Kintpuash) and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon. Several battles took place in Lava Beds caverns, South of Tule Lake, in the so-called “Captain Jack Stronghold”.