Modoc War - Wikipedia
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]
Modoc War - The Oregon Encyclopedia
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.
Modoc War - Lava Beds National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
The Modoc War was the only major Native American war fought in California and the only one in which a general was killed. It was also one of the most costly wars in U.S. history. According to some estimates it cost $10,000 (about $300,000 today) …
The Modoc War: A Little Indian War Goes Big - HistoryNet
Mar 9, 2021 · What appeared just another police action against off-reservation Indians quickly flared into the dramatic and costly 1872–73 Modoc War
Modoc War 1872-1873 - Encyclopedia.com
May 8, 2018 · MODOC WAR (1872–1873). One of the costliest of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, the Modoc War officially began on 29 November 1872 because of a misunderstanding between the Modoc Indians and the United States. Settlers, who began moving through Modoc territory as early as 1843, set off conflicts that led eventually to war.
Modoc War | United States [1872–1873] | Britannica
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 | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Oct 27, 2023 · The war began in late November of 1872 when two groups of Modoc Indians were caught by surprise by a patrol of U.S. soldiers who were sent to put the Modocs on the Klamath Indian Reservation. The confrontation ended in a shootout and the Indians retreated to their stronghold, which today, is part of Lava Beds National Monument.
The Modoc War - OPB - Oregon Public Broadcasting
Nov 8, 2011 · The Modoc War of 1872 to 1873 was one of the costliest American Indian wars in U.S. history, considering the number of people involved. For nearly seven months, a handful of Modoc Indian...
Lava Beds NM: Modoc War (Introduction) - U.S. National Park …
Introduction. From the very beginning, encounters between American whites and the Modoc Indians were classical in nature. The high, cool, lake—dotted borderland between California and Oregon witnessed somnolent days of peacefulness broken sharply by moments of fierce violence.
Modoc War - oregonhistoryproject.org
A firefight broke out, and the Modocs fled to the nearby lava fields, where they made their final stand. Fewer than 75 Modoc warriors managed to hold off a force of over 1,000 U.S. Army and volunteer troops for several months.