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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Found this on KATU.com this am. sharing because the
Modoc Tribe has been brought up on or-roots just recently.
Nancy</FONT></DIV>
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<P>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.</P>
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<P sizset="41" sizcache="11">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.<BR><BR>The Modoc War lasted two years, with more than
80 settlers and 17 Indians <NOBR><A class=GVAdLink id=GVLINK_3_0_2
href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/99817099.html#"><FONT
color=#006600>killed</FONT></A></NOBR>, according to the California State
Military Museum website.<BR><BR>"These diaries belong here. This is where the
history happened," said Mark Clark, chairman of the Klamath County Museum
Foundation and an Oregon <NOBR><A class=GVAdLink id=GVLINK_1_0_0
href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/99817099.html#"><FONT
color=#006600>Institute of Technology</FONT></A></NOBR> history
professor.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Captain Jack and three others were executed for the
murders of peace <NOBR><A class=GVAdLink id=GVLINK_2_0_1
href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/99817099.html#"><FONT
color=#006600>negotiators</FONT></A></NOBR>, including an Army
general.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Museum officials learned in May the diaries would be offered for
sale in a June 11 live auction in Cincinnati.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>"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.<BR><BR>The museum and the private Klamath County
Museum Foundation split the cost of the purchase.<BR><BR>The diaries will be
part of a temporary exhibit at the museum from Saturday through
September.<BR><BR>___<BR><BR>Information from: Herald and News, <A
href="http://www.heraldandnews.com/" target=_blank><FONT
color=#0968a8>http://www.heraldandnews.com</FONT></A><BR><BR>Copyright 2010 The
Associated Press.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>