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History of the Modoc War ca. 1914

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Open book History of the Modoc War ca. 1914

Title History of the Modoc War ca. 1914

Creator Riddle, Jeff C., 1863-1941

Date 1914

Place California, Northern California, Oregon

Language English

Subjects Indians of North America, Modoc Indians

Description Title from box: History of the Modoc War Jeff C. Riddle.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Printed as p. 1-189 of: Riddle, Jeff C. Davis. The Indian history of the Modoc War and the causes that led to it. San Francisco : Printed by Marnell & Co., c1914.

Summary Manuscript, ca. 1914, concerning the history of the 1872-73 Modoc War, written from the Indian perspective. Also includes a history of Modoc-white contact beginning in 1848. Individuals prominently featured in the narrative include Captain Jack, John Schonchin, Alfred B. Meacham, Rev. Eleazer Thomas, Gen. E.R.S. Canby, Frank and Winema Riddle, Bogus Charley, Boston Charley, Black Jim, Hooker Jim, and Scarface Charley.

Biographical/Historical Note Half-Modoc Indian, son of T.F. (Frank) Riddle, originally of Kentucky, and Winema or Toby Riddle, his Modoc wife. A witness to the events of the Modoc War, Riddle learned to read and write when he toured the U.S. in 1876 with Col. Alfred B. Meacham. Riddle later married the daughter of Chief Schonchin and settled on the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon.

Extent 1 item (214 leaves) ; 27 cm

Format Histories, Manuscripts

User-Contributed Transcription around the scrounding country. their search for the guilty Tribe was in Vain.so they started on their return trip of yreka calif, the company rode all day and long towards evening they struck camp on the east side of tule lake. Some Modoc Indians Visited the whites mans camp the same as usual. the white people had treated the Modoc fine the very first white people that the Modocs had got close enough to had given cloths and flour coffee and tea Bacon and Blankets to them so they liked the emigrants for they had been treated so nice by them they were real glad when there was emigrants in their country. so that was the reason the parties that vistited Crosbys Company was not afraid. Captain Crosbys give the Indians some Bread Bacan and eats. that night while Captain Crosbys men where asleep there were about twenty Indian lying flat down on their faces. Just afew paces from the lone sentnail or gurd that was walking his beat. he knew the Modoc Indians were friendly. so he says to him self. there is no hostile Ingun in 20 miles of here. I guess Ill Just sit down

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Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 760

BibID 146049

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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