146 The West: The Modoc War Part II

This is part two of a three episode arc on the Modoc War of
1872-73. With an increasing number of Euro-Americans settlers
coming into the Klamath Basin astride the Oregon/California
border after the end of the Civil War, tensions rose. Modoc's
feared a loss of access to their homeland and it became an issue
with both parties. It put increasing pressure on the Lost River
band of the Modoc Tribe to remove themselves to the Klamath
Reservation. Governed by two different agreements, one approved
by Congress and the other not, created tension. In November 1872
the powder keg exploded when the Lost River band clashed with the
U.S. Army. What became known as the Modoc War commenced.


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