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April 09, 1873

DAILY MORNING CALL, San Francisco, April 9, 1873  

* Modoc War - Lava Beds
* Captain Jack fame


The top of the front page has a column headed: "THE MODOCS" "The Commissioners to make One More Effort to Effect a Peace" "Terms, 'Surrender, and Leave the Lava Bed'--Treachery Feared--Hostile Indians Treated Better than Three Who are Friendly--Proposal to Indict the Commissioners" with various subheads.
The Modoc War was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc people and the U.S. Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873.
Four pages, large folio size, never bound nor trimmed, some tears to the back leaf margin, foxing to a front page fold, good condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Item from Catalog 349 (released for December, 2024)

Category: The Old West