The Modoc War , or the Modoc Campaign ( also known as the Lava Beds War ) , was an armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter between the Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873 .

The Modoc War , or the Modoc Campaign ( also known as the Lava Beds War ) , was an armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter between the Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873 .

The Modoc War , or the Modoc Campaign ( also known as the Lava Beds War ) , was an armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter between the Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873 .

Kintpuash , also known as Captain Jack , led 52 warriors in a band of more than 150 Modoc people who left Departing the Klamath Reservation .

The Modoc fled Escaping back to the lava beds .

After U.S. forces were reinforced Cause_change_of_strength , some Modoc warriors surrendered Surrendering and Captain Jack and the last of his band were captured Conquering .

The remaining 153 Modoc of the band were sent Sending to Indian Territory ( pre-statehood Oklahoma ) , where they were held as prisoners of war Hostile_encounter until 1909 , settled on Resolve_problem reservation land with the Shawnee .

Most Modoc ( and their descendants ) stayed Temporary_stay in what became Becoming the state Statement of Oklahoma .

There are two federally recognized Know Modoc tribes : in Oregon and Oklahoma .

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 .

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 ...

By April 1851 , 2,000 miners had arrived in Arriving `` Thompson 's Dry Diggings '' through the southern route of the old Emigrant Trail to test their luck , which took Bringing them straight through Modoc territory .

The First Battle Hostile_encounter of the Stronghold ( January 17 , 1873 ) was the second battle Hostile_encounter in the Modoc War of 1872–1873 .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter between the United States Army under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wheaton and a band of the Native American Modoc tribe from Oregon and California , led by Captain Jack ( Kintpuash in Modoc ) .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter between the United States Army under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wheaton and a band of the Native American Modoc tribe from Oregon and California , led by Captain Jack ( Kintpuash in Modoc ) .

The US Army forces tried to dislodge Removing the Modoc from the natural fortress , now called Request Captain Jack 's Stronghold , in the lava beds along the south shore of Tule Lake in northeastern California .

The Modoc soundly defeated Conquering the Army , inflicting Bodily_harm numerous casualties and forcing Hostile_encounter it to retreat Escaping .

Factors aiding the Modoc included Cause_to_be_included their excellent defensive position , steady patience , and a thick fog that obscured portions of the battlefield .