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PAGE S-A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli. Ore. Suoday, February 24, 1963 1 WfWfiM'WWf 1 .t7 . 1, ! Ail- , .rr-eo 1 1 1 Old Military Document Relates Causes Of Modoc War Win sixty DOYS i F' LA.y ' . ON THE WAY OUT This picture showi he horsecer, decorated up for a Fourth of July parade in 1910, the la it year of iti existonce. At the sign says, the horsecar was ready for the junk heap. After the company failed to replace it with an electric car, the franchise was revolted, the city took over its operation and discontinued it. Earlier information says this view was taken at the corner whore the Star Drug is now located, Fifth and Main. ... r " .... ' . . , ABANDONED This was tho ignoble end for the once proud Sutter Street trolley ; which once graced the streets of early-day Klamath Falls. Abandoned, it foil victim .to fire, and then gradually disintegrated into junk. Today a few pieces still lie in some .secluded corner at Moore Park, a , tne streets of Klamath Falls. The Modocs sloged one o the last Indian wars fought in this country. The war, covering a pe riod less than a year, resulted in as many persons killed, soldiers. volunteers and citizens, as were lost in the battles by America in the Spanish-American war. The war cost the United States more than $ million. Causes for the outbreak of the war have been neatly summed up in a dispatch sent by Briga dier General Edward R. S. Can by, commanding the department of the Columbia to the assistant adjutant general of the military division of the Pacific, dated Port land, February 7, 1872. General Canby later was In lose his life at the ill-famed "peace conference" when Captain Jack lead the treacherous mur der assault under a flag of truce Canby wrote, "The treaty with the Klamalhs, Modocs and Ya hooskin Snakes was made on the 14th of October, 1804, and ap proved by the senate with cer tain amendments on Die second of July, 18i6, but not finally ratified until the lOih of December, 18SS. This long delay made the In dians who were parties to the treaty very suspicious, and I have been informed by the superin tendent that when the treaty, as amended by the senate, was in terpreted and explained lo them. Captain Jack, the present leader of the troublesome Modocs, pro tested that it did not represent what they had agreed to. tic was. however, convinced by the testi mony of the other chiels, and finally assented to it "When they were established on the reservation they went to work with a good deal of interest to build cabins and enclose ground lor cultivation, but were so much annoyed by the Klamalhs that firared into unk. today a tew pieces still lie in some ""'"v-" j j..u.",iio I that remains of the only streetcar that ever graced P,0 complained to the local agent. I who instead of protecting them in t' r their rights, endeavored to com promise the difficulty by remov ing them to another location. At this point the same difficulties recurred, and a third selection was made. "The Modocs then abandoned the reservation, alleging that the last point selected was a trap to place them in the power of their enemies, the Mamaths. "These changes were made without the concurrence of the su perintendent, and I believe did not come to his knowledge until alter the Modocs had lied from the reservation. All subsequent at tempts to induce them to return have failed. "In the summer of last year, and in consequence of complaints against these Indians, the superin tendent sent commissioners to confer with them who author ized the Modocs to remain where they were until the superintend cnt could see them. This has been understood as a settlement of the question until some permanent arrangement could be made for them; and unless they had violat ed some subsequent agreement, I do not think that the immed iate application of lorce. as asked for. would be cither expedient or mst. Thev should, at least, be notified that a new location has been selected for them and pro vision made for their wants. They should, also, lie allowed a rca- ionable and definite lime lo re move their tammcs aim luny warned that their refusal or fail ure to remove lo tne reservation within the appointed time would be followed by such measures as may be necessary lo compel them. I am not surprised at the un willingness of the Modocs to re turn to any point of the reserva tion where' they would be ex posed to the hostilities and an noyances they have heretofore experienced land without ade quate protection i from Ihe Klam- aths, but thev have expressed a desire to be established upon Lost Hiver. where they would be free from this trouble, and the superin tendent informed me last summer that he would endeavor to secure such a location for (hem. In no other respects are the Modocs entitled to much consid eration, and although many of the complaints against them have been lound to be greatly exag gerated, they are, without being absolutely hosile. sufficiently trou blesome to keep up a constant feeling of apprehension among the settlers." Nine davs laler. the (nnimanrl- KLAMATH FALLS IN 1906-1707 This viow, apparent ly taken from the top of the Baldwin Hotel looks down on the preparations for the trolloy lino. There was a rock outcropping on the Main Street at this point and it was necesiary to do some excavation for Ihe trolley linn. To day, all the buildings on the right have disappeared, and -h,ir.k mm, .ws.i.a. .. iiK i Mm few actual traces remain of early day Klamath Falls ex copt the Baldwin Hotel. Sign on building at left adver tises Buena Vista Addition, promoted by the sponsors of the trolley line. This view was taken probably early in 1907. .4 It ' ing officer of the district of the lakes, at Camp Warner, was or dered to establish a force of 50 or 60 cavalrymen at some point in the threatened area. Selection of a new location for the Modocs was considered by the Commissioner of Indian At airs, but the department did not consider Superintendent A. B. Mcacham's recommendation that a small reservation be set aside for the Modocs at the north end A Tule Lake. The troops eventually look sta tion at Link River about April 1. First "pow wow" with Captain Jack took place at a place called the "Gap" on Lost River (near (ilenc today) on April 3. This accomplished nothing. Troops remained at Linkvillc and conditions remained about the same throughout the summer of 1872. Ill latter November, F. B. Odcneal. superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon, who replaced A. B, Mcacham, received instruc tor lions from Washington to remove the Modocs to Camp Vainax of Ihe Klamath reservation, "peace ably if you possibly can. but forc ibly if you must." November 28. 1872. Captain James Jackson. First U.S. Caval ry, was ordered to advance on the encampment of the Indians along Lost River. They left Linkville after dark that night, and at day break on Nov. 29 entered the camp c( Captain Jack and his band. r Firing broke out and the Modoc War ensued. It ended 11 months later when Captain Jack and three of his henchmen swung from a rope at Fort Klamath, and the rest of the Modoc band, 153 members, was shipped Off to the Quapaw agen cy, Indian Territory. In June, 1903. the 47 surviving members of the Modoc tribe returned to the Klamath reservation and blended in with the other members. It's the person who con't ring the bell who is always doing the knocking. 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