Kind of ridiculous the 1870s Modoc War in California/Oregon isn’t better remembered in the US:
—The only Indian War where a US general was killed
—A tiny band of Modocs successfully held the US at bay for *six months*
—Saw the only Indian Wars trial/hanging for war crimes
—The only Indian War where a US general was killed
—A tiny band of Modocs successfully held the US at bay for *six months*
—Saw the only Indian Wars trial/hanging for war crimes
Mapping out Klamath and Modoc territories before the arrival of the Americans: 
Even stranger for why the Modoc War’s been largely forgotten: It was Manifest Destiny at its absolute worst.
American war crimes, a concentration camp, forced train transport nearly 2,000 miles from a home they refused to give up to an imperial power.
American war crimes, a concentration camp, forced train transport nearly 2,000 miles from a home they refused to give up to an imperial power.
https://twitter.com/cjcmichel/status/1381237518713167879?s=20
*And* there was clear genocidal intent from Washington throughout the Modoc War.
Sherman: “You will be fully justified in their utter extermination,” “the name ‘Modoc’ should cease,” etc etc.
Sherman: “You will be fully justified in their utter extermination,” “the name ‘Modoc’ should cease,” etc etc.
(These are from: nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/97…)
“Shortly after the Civil War began, Oregon Sen. Joseph Lane hoped to foment a rebellion that would carry off the whole West Coast as a slaveholding ‘Pacific Republic.’”
After the Modoc War, Grant’s AG took a lead in helping lay “the legal foundation for what would be the first and only trial of American Indians for war crimes.”
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