Captain Jack & the Modoc War | The Battle of the Stronghold (Part 2)

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Wild West Josh

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🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This is part 2 in the series on the Modoc war. If you haven’t already listened to part 1, you may want to do so. Captain Jack & the Modoc War | Part 1 - https://www.wildwestextra.com/captain-jack-the-modoc-war/ We’ve already discussed the Modoc people, a bit of their history, and the unfortunate events leading up to the war. About how Captain Jack and his band weren’t content with the living conditions on the Klamath reservation, so they simply left and headed south, back to their homeland around Tule lake. And we ended that episode with the first shot of the war and the beginning of the Battle of Lost River. This episode we’ll cover the first Battle of the Stronghold, the Peace Commission, months of negotiations, and finally – treachery. Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza Sign up for the free newsletter!!! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ The Story Out West | The Stronghold - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJ35JYWecA The Modocs and Their War by Keith A. Murray - https://www.amazon.com/Modocs-Their-Civilization-American-Indian/dp/0806113316/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2PZDA5FRSWSOS&keywords=modoc+war&qid=1664153682&s=books&sprefix=modoc+war%2Cstripbooks%2C130&sr=1-8 Remembering the Modoc War by Boyd Cothran - https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Modoc-War-Redemptive-Directions/dp/1469633345/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2PZDA5FRSWSOS&keywords=modoc+war&qid=1664153623&s=books&sprefix=modoc+war%2Cstripbooks%2C130&sr=1-3 Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War - https://www.wildwestextra.com/joseph/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is part two in a series on the Modoc War.
0:03.3	If you haven't already listened to Part 1, you may want to do so.
0:06.6	Link in the show notes.
0:08.5	In the previous episode, we discussed the Modoc people, a bit of their history, and the unfortunate events leading up to the Modoc War.
0:16.0	About how Cap Jack and his band weren't content with living conditions on the Klamath Reservation,
0:20.6	so they
0:21.2	simply left and headed south back to their homeland around Tully Lake. And we ended the episode
0:26.7	with the first shot of the war and the beginning of the Battle of Lost River. Now if you'll
0:31.5	indulge me just for a moment, I'd like to add a bit more context to the state of affairs directly
0:36.6	preceding the Battle of the Lost River.
0:39.7	Remember, from April of 1870 to November of 1872, roughly two and a half years,
0:45.6	Captain Jack and his people did maintain an uneasy peace with the local settlers, for the most part.
0:51.4	There were no more raids, no more war parties, or attacks on wagons, or anything like that.
0:55.9	Their main crime seems to just be making the locals very nervous.
1:00.0	And to be totally honest, one can't really blame the settlers for filling that way.
1:04.2	While the Modoc were at the reservation, the homesteaders began trickling in after being assured that the quote-unquote Indian problems were settled,
1:11.5	at least in that area, and that the land was open and theirs for the taking.
1:15.6	Then here come the modok, sashaying back in and demanding rent, along with what amounts to
1:20.0	protection money. But you can't blame the modok either, right? I mean, this was their land,
1:25.6	no matter what a piece of broken treaty paper might say.
1:28.7	At least back there in their home territory, the Modoc men could provide for their families,
1:32.6	and their children were no longer going to sleep with empty bellies or being threatened by the Klamath.
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