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MODOC: The Tribe That Wouldn’t Die
Cheewa James, a direct Modoc descendant, offers an explosive and personal story of her ancestry—a richly documented, non-fiction narrative with high-energy, fictionalized inserts.
This book is the most comprehensive ever written about this remarkable tribe, covering Modoc history from, ancestral times to the present. It includes rare photographs never before published.
One of the most costly Indian wars ever fought, the six-month Modoc War pitted some 55 warriors against 1,000 soldiers. Today’s Lava Beds National Monument—with its jagged, hostile terrain—was the scene of a war like none other.
• Newly revealed evidence awaits readers’ eyes and judgment as to why the l873 California/Oregon Modoc War started.
• For over 130 years, the voices of two soldiers were locked away in letters in relatives’ trunks. Now they speak out.
• As prisoners of war, the exiled Modocs in Oklahoma Indian Territory survived an enemy who used weapons more lethal than guns.
Were it not for Custer’s Little Bighorn Battle,
The Modoc War would probably be remembered
as America’s most significant Indian confrontation.
— Lt. Col. Frank Wheaton, 1873
The book sells for $19.95. It is soft cover, 8 1/2” X 5 1/2”. It has 350 pages with 120 black/white photographs, 36 color photographs, and three maps. The book includes endnotes, bibliography, index, and 30 fictionalized inserts.
Published by Naturegraph, Inc., ISBN# 0-87961-275-4.
