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Young chief of the Modoc tribe who cooperated with the U.S. government until some of his men became involved in a violent conflict with U.S. soldiers in the early 1870s. Forced to choose between surrendering his own men and protecting them (thereby risking war with the U.S.), Kintpuash chose to fight against the U.S.—partly out of loyalty and partly because he feared that his own followers would rebel. He killed Colonel Edward R. S. Canby, and was afterwards executed himself. He was rumored to have said, “You white people conquered me not; my own men did.”

Kintpuash Quotes in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

The Bury My Heart at Wounded Kneequotes below are all either spoken by Kintpuash or refer to Kintpuash. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

No lawyer represented the Modocs, and although they were given the right to cross-examine witnesses, most of them understood very little English, and all spoke it poorly. While the trial was in progress soldiers were

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Kintpuash

19th-century chief of the Modoc tribe of California and Oregon

Kintpuash (c. 1837 – October 3, 1873), also known as Kientpoos, Keintpoos, or by his English name Captain Jack, was a prominent Modoc leader from present-day northern California and southern Oregon. His name in the Modoc language translates to "strikes the water brashly." Kintpuash is best known for leading his people in resisting forced relocation during the Modoc War of 1872–1873. Using the rugged terrain of the Lava Beds in California, his small band of warriors held off vastly superior US Army forces for several months. He remains the only Native American leader to be charged with war crimes. Kintpuash was executed by hanging, along with three others, for their role in the deaths of General Edward Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas during peace negotiations.

Life

The Modoc Tribe

Kintpuash was born around 1837 in Modoc territory near Tule Lake, in present-day California. The Modocs considered Tule Lake sacred, marking it as the location where the deity Kumookumts began creati

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The Modoc War, waged mostly over the winter and spring of 1872-1873, thrust the border between Oregon and California into the national spotlight. During peace negotiations, General E.R.S. Canby was killed, the first full-ranking U.S. Army general to lose his life in a conflict between Indians and the federal government. The resulting furor brought about another first, as the Indian leaders of the war were tried and executed for war crimes.

This war also claimed the distinction of being the most expensive hostile engagement against Native Americans undertaken by the United States to that time. Much of the direct cost of about $420,000 could be attributed to the U.S. Army moving troops and supplies in remote country during the winter. Roads were primitive, and railheads were more than a hundred miles distant. The nearest town to the conflict was Linkville (present-day Klamath Falls), which had only a dozen buildings in 1872. From their stronghold in the Lava Beds in northern California (called Ktai' Tala by the Modocs), the modest fighting force of Indian combatants could thus fen