Fort Klamath

The museum is a reproduction of the old guard house. Nothing remains of the original fort except the graves of the four Modoc Indian leaders who were tried and hanged at the fort in 1873.

[The] Modoc War... resulted when the Modocs were forced onto the Klamath Reservation with their enemies the Klamath and Yahooskin... a group of more than 300 Modoc, led by Kintpuash, fled the reservation. When the U.S. Army went after the Modocs to return them to the reservation, the Modoc War erupted in full force. When it was over every surviving Modoc Indian who participated in the conflict was marched under guard to Fort Klamath. Six Modoc leaders, including Kintpuash, or Captain Jack, were shackled and held in the guardhouse, while 140 other Modoc men, women, and children were confined to a small stockade. On October 3, 1873, the Modoc leaders were executed following their conviction for killing General Edward Canby and other members of a U.S. Army peace commission. The remaining Modocs were then exiled to a reservation in Oklahoma or returned to the Klamath Reservation.

Source: www.legendsofamerica.com/or-fortklamath.html

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