A monument called Canby's Cross marks the spot where General Edward Canby was shot in the head and killed during this conflict's failed peace talks.
Initial hostilities in this conflict saw a militiaman, "Jump Off Joe" McAlester, pursue a man called Hooker Jim into the wilderness after shots were fired by a drunken man called Scarfaced Charley, who later launched an attack at the Battle of Sand Butte. The judge Elijah Steele was called in to lead a peace commission with Alfred Meacham during this conflict. A monument called Canby's Cross marks the spot where General Edward Canby was shot in the head and killed during this conflict's failed peace talks. This war started with a battle at Lost River, and was photographed by Eadweard Muybridge at picturesque sites like (*) Tule Lake. One side was led by Kintpuash, aka Captain Jack, who fled into the area that gives this war its alternate name, the lava beds, because his people were being attacked by the Klamath tribes of Oregon. For 10 points, name this war that began in 1872 in northeast California.
Initial hostilities in this conflict saw a militiaman, "Jump Off Joe" McAlester, pursue a man called Hooker Jim into the wilderness after shots were fired by a drunken man called Scarfaced Charley, who later launched an attack at the Battle of Sand Butte.
Modoc War (or campaign) (accept Lava Beds War before "lava")