Qualla: Battle of Lost River https://qualla.com/battle-of-lost-river en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Lost River https://qualla.com/battle-of-lost-river Battle of Lost River: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-lost-river/ The morning of November 29, 1872, began with Captain Jack agreeing to surrender. The Modoc leader had never fought the Army, and when forty cavalrymen appeared at his camp on the Lost River demanding he return to the Klamath Reservation, he chose peace. He laid down his rifle. His warriors followed. Then Scarfaced Charley and an Army sergeant got into an argument, drew revolvers, fired at each other, and both missed. In the chaos that followed, those two errant shots would ignite a seven-month war across the California-Oregon border.

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/3/w/battle-of-lost-river-wp/9r3w-battle-of-lost-river-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Lost River: A People Displaced https://qualla.com/battle-of-lost-river/ The Modoc had lived along the Lost River in northern California for generations. In the 1860s, the government removed them to the newly established Klamath Reservation in Oregon, where they were forced to share land with the Klamath, their traditional enemies. Conflicts were cons...

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/3/w/battle-of-lost-river-wp/9r3w-battle-of-lost-river-the-dawn-confrontation.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Lost River: Two Shots, Two Misses https://qualla.com/battle-of-lost-river/ History sometimes turns on small moments. As the Modoc disarmed, the warrior Scarfaced Charley and an unidentified Army sergeant exchanged angry words. The argument escalated. Both men drew their revolvers. Both fired. Both missed. But the shots shattered the fragile peace. The M...

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/3/w/battle-of-lost-river-wp/9r3w-battle-of-lost-river-two-shots-two-misses.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Lost River: The Killing Road https://qualla.com/battle-of-lost-river/ What happened next transformed a skirmish into a war. A band of Modoc led by Hooker Jim, traveling separately toward the lava beds, encountered white settlers on the afternoon of November 29 and into November 30. Eighteen settlers were killed. The massacres hardened public opinio...

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/3/w/battle-of-lost-river-wp/9r3w-battle-of-lost-river-the-killing-road.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Lost River: The Stronghold Awaits https://qualla.com/battle-of-lost-river/ The Modoc knew where they were going. South of Tule Lake, in what is now Lava Beds National Monument, the landscape becomes a maze of collapsed lava tubes, sharp volcanic rock, and hidden crevices. Captain Jack's Stronghold, named for the leader who would make his stand there, of...

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