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— Lava Beds National Monument —
By April 1873, months of peace talks to end the Modoc War had gone nowhere. General E.R.S. Canby found himself caught between President Grant's Indian Peace Policy and the desire of some settlers to have the Army eliminate the Modoc band. The Modoc leader, Captain Jack, was also caught between peace and war factions. Some Modoc argued that - as in their own tradition - once the leaders of an army were killed, the soldiers would retreat. They pressured Captain Jack to act.Within minutes of a similar attack at Hospital Rock, eight Modoc attacked the commissioners with hidden weapons. When it was over, General Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were dead, and Indian Agent Alfred Meacham lay seriously wounded. The Peace Policy came to an end.
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| HM Number | HM16Y4 |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | National Park Service |
| Marker Condition |   2 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 5:46am PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] LINDSAY RHEA
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10T E 620975 N 4630615 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 41.81818333, -121.54341667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 49.091', W 121° 32.605' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 49' 5.46" N, 121° 32' 36.30" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 530 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 201-217 Unnamed Road, Tulelake CA 96134, US |
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Seen the marker today, was water damaged and starting to get hard to read. Thd history of this area is unbelievable!
Feb 20, 2016 at 10:36pm PST by lindsayrhea
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