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Kintpuash was the only Native American leader ever to be charged with war crimes, and he was executed by the Army, along with several followers, for their ambush killings of General Edward Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas at a peace commission meeting.
Kintpuash, also known as Captain Jack, was a Modoc headman who resisted U.S. Army and local militia forces in 1872-1873. He was captured, tried, and hanged as a war criminal, despite his claims of self-defense and tribal sovereignty.
Kintpuash (also spelled Keintpoos, Keiintoposes), better known as Captain Jack, was a Modoc Indian chief during the 1860s and early 1870s. In a desperate attempt to maintain his people’s independence, Kintpuash led several Modoc bands in an unsuccessful war of resistance known to whites as the Modoc War. He was hanged with three other Modoc ...
Mar 1, 2016 · Kintpuash or Captain Jack was the chief of the Modoc people in both California and Oregon. His name in the Modoc language was “Strikes the Water Brashly” . He was the only Native American leader to be charged with war crimes.
Nov 25, 2016 · Learn about the life and legacy of Kintpuash, the Modoc leader who fought for his people's land and freedom in the Modoc War of 1872–73. See photos, maps, and historical accounts of his resistance and surrender.
Kintpuash, also known as Captain Jack (c. 1837 – October 3, 1873), was a hereditary chief of the Native American Modoc tribe of California and Oregon. He was born in the Lost River village of Wa’Chamshwash, not far from the sacred sites of Mount Shasta and Crater Lake.
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Kintpuash, also known as Kientpaush, Kientpoos, and Captain Jack (c. 1837 – October 3, 1873), was a chief of the Modoc tribe of California and Oregon. Kintpuash's name in the Modoc language meant 'Strikes the water brashly.'.
