#modoc war

Image: Major General Edward Canby (Public Domain). On this day in history, October 3, 1873, the United States Army executed by hanging four Native Americans found guilty of killing American Civil War general Edward Canby during the Modoc War in Oregon. Canby was the highest-ranking army officer and the only general ever murdered by Native Americans. The Modoc War started with a fight over land,…

My next novel will include scenes with Winema Riddle, a Native American woman who lived in Oregon in the 19th century. She served as an interpreter between the Army and the Modoc tribe during the Modoc War in 1972-73. Although best known as Winema Riddle, this Modoc woman took many names during her life, and she displayed a remarkable ability to work between the Native American and white…