Kintpuash
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Kintpuash, also known as Kientpoos, Keintpoos, or by his English name Captain Jack, was a Modoc leader from present-day northern California and southern Oregon. His name in the Modoc language translat
Kintpuash in 1864
Jack's family—Lizzy (young wife), Mary (his sister), Old Wife and daughter
L to R, standing: US Indian agent, Winema (Toby) and her husband Frank Riddle; other Modoc women in front (1873)
Donald McKay and Jack's capturers
Modoc War
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The Modoc War, or the Modoc Campaign, was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon between 1872 and 1873
Kintpuash
…the Modoc language translates to "strikes the water brashly." Kintpuash is best known for leading his people in resisting forced relocation during the Modoc War of 1872–1873. Using the rugged terrain of the Lava Beds in California, his small band of warriors held off vastly superior US Army forces for several…
Engraving of soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain May 3, 1873
Schonchin Butte, a cinder cone named for Old Schonchin, a chief of the Modoc people during the late nineteenth century.
Major General E.R.S Canby
Captain Jack