Modoc War on History Detectives

TV show visits Klamath for episode on Modoc WarsThe Public Broadcasting System show "History Detectives" was in the upper Klamath Basin this week filming a segment on the Modoc Wars, the last armed conflict between Indians and the U.S. Army in Oregon and California.

The show is tracing the origins of a basket woven by Toby "Winema" Riddle, a Modoc woman who married a white settler and is known for warning Gen. Edward Canby of a plot to kill him.Comment:  Most sources call it the Modoc War, not the Modoc Wars.

For more on the TV show, see Fillmore Pardon on History Detectives and Navajo Rug on History Detectives.

Below:  "The Modoc War--Soldiers Recovering the Bodies of the Slain, a wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1873."