Title

Captain Jack, chief of the Native American Modoc tribe, 1872. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Captain Jack, chief of the Native American Modoc tribe, 1872. Captain Jack (c1840-1873), whose Native American name was Kintpuash, was the leader of the Modoc tribe. The US Army tried to force the Modoc back to a reservation in Oregon. Their resistance led to the Modoc War of 1872-1873. Captain Jack surrendered on 1 June 1873, was tried for murder and hanged. Engraving from John Gilmary Shea's A Child's History of the United States, Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1872

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C11_167

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,6in x 16,8in / 3471 x 5026 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men Indian country local guy tribe native Native American location century concept hero indigenous B&W chief American Indian MONOCHROME heroic resistance United States of America United States heroism 19th century black & white black and white B W Amerindian nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector Modoc Captain Jack engraving portrait Unknown Captain John Gilmary Shea Shea John Gilmary Jack Kintpuash John Gilmary Shea engraving portrait