The first known Know explorers from the United States to go through Self_motion the Modoc country were John Charles Frémont together with Kit Carson and Billy Chinook in 1843 .

On the night of May 9 , 1846 , Frémont received Receiving a message brought Bringing to him by Lieutenant Archibald Gillespie , from President James Polk about the possibility of war Hostile_encounter with Mexico .

Reviewing the messages , Frémont neglected GiveUp the customary measure of posting Sending a watchman for the camp .

By the time the assailants Killing were beaten Bodily_harm off , two other members of Frémont 's group were dead Death .

Frémont 's group fell Motion_directional into `` an angry gloom . ''

In retaliation , Frémont attacked Attack a Klamath Tribe fishing village named Name_conferral Dokdokwas , that most likely had nothing to do with the attack Attack , at the junction of the Williamson River and Klamath Lake , on May 10 , 1846 .

The tragedy of Dokdokwas is deepened Cause_change_of_strength by the fact that most scholars now agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act that Frémont and Carson , in their blind vindictiveness , probably chose Choosing the wrong tribe to lash Bodily_harm out against : In all likelihood the band of native Americans that had killed Killing [ Frémont 's three men ] were from the neighboring Modoc ...

The tragedy of Dokdokwas is deepened Cause_change_of_strength by the fact that most scholars now agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act that Frémont and Carson , in their blind vindictiveness , probably chose Choosing the wrong tribe to lash Bodily_harm out against : In all likelihood the band of native Americans that had killed Killing [ Frémont 's three men ] were from the neighboring Modoc ...