[or-roots] Oregon museum buys Modoc War diaries at auction

[Leslie Chapman]

Thanks for posting this Nancy; I intended to mention it as there was an item in Register Guard am about it, but I forgot all about it.
On another note sort of related someone mentioned a book Knights of the something or other (darned holy memory) about stage and freight wagon drivers in Eastern Oregon in the 19th and early 20th century. There is a copy of it for sale for something like $20 at one of my local books tores if anyone is interested contact me off list and I';; send you the particulars. It hink she does mail order.
:es C

--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Nancy Lee Adams <nancydean at columbia-center.org> wrote:

From: Nancy Lee Adams <nancydean at columbia-center.org>

Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 7:18 AM



 
 


 
Found this on KATU.com this am. sharing because the 
Modoc Tribe has been brought up on or-roots just recently.   
Nancy
Oregon museum buys Modoc War diaries at auction 

 


Oregon museum buys Modoc War diaries at auction


 


 


Summary

The Klamath County Museum has acquired three diaries with witness accounts of 
Modoc Indians being executed at Fort Klamath in 1873 following one of the last 
battles between tribes and the U.S. Army.




Story Published: Aug 2, 2010 at 10:35 PM PDT 
Story Updated: Aug 2, 2010 at 10:35 PM PDT 




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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - The Klamath County 
Museum has acquired three diaries with witness accounts of Modoc Indians being 
executed at Fort Klamath in 1873 following one of the last battles between 
tribes and the U.S. Army.

The Modoc War lasted two years, with more than 
80 settlers and 17 Indians killed , according to the California State 
Military Museum website.

"These diaries belong here. This is where the 
history happened," said Mark Clark, chairman of the Klamath County Museum 
Foundation and an Oregon Institute of Technology history 
professor.

The diaries, purchased at a recent auction for more than 
$20,000, also contain accounts of Modoc leader Captain Jack and other Modoc 
prisoners being interviewed by Army officers the night before they were hanged 
on Oct. 3, 1873.

Captain Jack and three others were executed for the 
murders of peace negotiators , including an Army 
general.

One of the diaries was kept by Leonard Case Jr., a 
philanthropist who made a special trip to Fort Klamath to witness the executions 
of the Modoc leaders. Case's assistant Henry G. Abbey kept the other two 
diaries.

Museum officials learned in May the diaries would be offered for 
sale in a June 11 live auction in Cincinnati.

Todd Kepple, the Klamath 
museum's manager, participated in the auction by telephone. The diaries arrived 
at the museum in late June and have been authenticated as genuine 
artifacts.

"The Modoc Indian War is probably the most noteworthy chapter 
in the history of the Upper Klamath Basin, and it's not often that we are able 
to obtain artifacts directly tied to that event, said Rich Touslee, chairman of 
the Museum Advisory Board.

The museum and the private Klamath County 
Museum Foundation split the cost of the purchase.

The diaries will be 
part of a temporary exhibit at the museum from Saturday through 
September.

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Information from: Herald and News, http://www.heraldandnews.com

Copyright 2010 The 
Associated Press. 

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