In 1872, Army soldiers were dispatched to Tule Lake to escort Captain Jack and his band back to Klamath reservation. Army soldiers again rounded up the Modoc people and moved them back to the Klamath Reservation, but conditions there had not improved for the Modocs.Ī year later, 1870, Captain Jack again led his people back to their tribal lands at Tule Lake, and a war ensued with the US government.ĭocumentary is nearly one-hour long, produced by The Oregon Historical Society.
Unhappy with how Modocs were being treated on the Klamath Reservation, Captain Jack led his people back to their tribal lands in 1865. However, because white settlers wanted the rich Modoc lands for themselves, the US Government relocated the Modoc people to the Klamath Indian Reservation in southwest Oregon. In 1864, the Modoc Indians were living on their ancestral tribal lands near Tule Lake, on what is now the Oregon-California border region. CAPTAIN JACK, Modoc Indian Warrior Battle of Lost River Klamath ReservationĬaptain Jack was hanged on Octofor the murder of white US Army General Edward Canby.
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