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Beginnings Cavalry Arrive First Stronghold Battle Second Stronghold Hardin Butte The End Costly War Camps
The Modocs were U.S Cavalry went to clear 400 soldiers were based Battle 80 soldiers The loss at Dry Lake The war cost $300,000
forced to move Captain Jack from the in the area. Of 150 The army regrouped ambushed by 22 increased dissent. Hooker per Modoc warrior, 1st Army Campaign
onto a rival Lost River. The band Modocs, 53 were and attacked again. Modoc under Jim led a band to around $16 million in
reservation. , retreated to disorientating warriors. The army Overwhelmed by the 'Scarface Charley' surrender, he promised to total. The U.S 2nd Army Campaign
'Captain Jack' led lava beds, known as attacked, yet the numbers and mortars, losing 17 men. deliver Captain Jack in Government lost 73
a band of 200 to Captain Jack's Modoc's knowledge of the Modocs retreated Dry Lake return for amnesty. soldiers to the Modoc's 3rd Army Campaign
resettle along Stronghold. On route, the terrain meant no from the stronghold. The Modoc charged Captain Jack and 4 17 warriors. The original
their ancestral Hooker Jim killed 11 losses, the government The government lost 7 an army camp, losing leading warriors eventually cost of the seperate Captain Jack's Band
home, the Lost settlers. The U.S had 40 dead and 20 men while the Modocs 5 warriors including surrendered, and were reservation requested by
River. Government gave chase. wounded. lost 2 villagers. leader 'Ellen's Man' hung at Fort Klamath. the Modocs was $20,000. Hooker Jim's Band
Map Created by Louis Blackwell Sources: Cozzens, P (2016). The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West. Atlantic Books. Beck & Hasse,. (2018). The Modoc War, 1872-1873. California and the Indian Wars.