918 



MOCtrCK — MODOC 



[b. a. e. 



justifiable supposition, in the absence of 

 further knowledge, isthatthe threeorfour 

 small bands were the remnants of a laro-er 

 tribeor of tribes Avhich,whilemakinstheir 

 way southward, liad been reduced bv war, 

 pestilence, or other calamity, and had 

 been compelled to consolidate and take 

 refuge under the Choctaw. Consult 

 Mooney, Siouan Tribes of the East, ]!u]l. 

 B. A. E., 1894. See Caphians. 



?jQn'° w~f'l"''"ll(^'°°' •" Margry, Dt'c, iv, jr.l. 

 imx Moctoby.— Iberville (1699), ibid., 195. Moelo- 



Ville (1699) in French, Hist. Coll. La ii 99 1875 

 Mocuck. Defined bv Bartlett' (Diet' 

 of Americanisms, 399, 1877) as "a term 

 applied to the box of birch bark in 

 which sugar is kept bv the Chippewa 

 Indians." In the forms mcdrik, viocock, 

 mocuck, mowkuirk, mnkuk, the word is 

 known to the literature of the settlement 

 of Canada and the W. in the early years 

 of the 19th century, and is now in use 

 among the English-speaking people of 

 the maple-sugar region about the great 

 lakes, and among the Canadian French 

 as macaque. A trader in ^Minnesota in 

 1820 (cited by Jenks in 19th Rep. B. A. E. 

 1103, 1900) speaksof "a mocock of sugar' 

 Aveighing about 40 pounds." The word 

 is derived from makak, which in the 

 Chippewa and closely related Algonquian 

 dialects signifies a bag, box, or other like 

 receptacle of birch-bark. (a. f. c. ) 



Modoc (from Mmtokni, 'southerners'). 

 A Lutuamian tribe, forming the southern 

 division of that stock, in s. w. Oregon. The 

 Modoc language is practically the same 

 as the Klamath, the dialectic differences 

 being extremely slight. This linguistic 

 identity would indicate that the local 

 separation of the two tribes must have 

 been comparatively recent and has never 

 been complete. The former habitat of 

 , the Modoc included Little Klamath lake 

 Modoc lake, Tule lake. Lost River valley' 

 and Clear lake, and extended at times as 

 far E. as Goose lake. The most impor- 

 tant bands of the tribe were at Little Kla- 

 math lake, Tule lake, and in the valley 

 of Lost r. Frequent conflicts with white 

 immigrants, in which both sides were 

 guilty of many atrocities, have given the 

 tribe an unfortunate reputation. In 1864 

 the Modoc joined tlie Klamath in ceding 

 their territory to the United States and re- 

 moved to Klamath res. They seem never 

 to have been contented, however and 

 made persistent efforts to return and 

 occupy their former lands on Lost r 

 and Its vicinity. In 1870 a prominent 

 chief named Kintpuash (q. y. ), commonly 

 known to history as Captain Jack, led 

 the more turbulent portion of the tribe 

 back to the California border and ob- 

 stinately refused to return to the res- 

 ervation. The first attempt to brina 

 back the runaways by force brought on 

 the Modoc war of 1872-73. After some 



struggles Kintpuash and his band re- 

 treated to the lava-beds on the California 



frontier, and from .Tan. to Apr., 1873 



CHIKCHIKAM LUPATKUELATKO (" SCAR-FACED CHARLEY") — 



successfully resisted the attempts of the 

 troops to dislodge them. The progress 

 of the war had been slow until April of 



■ WrNEMA (toby riddle) — MODOC 



that year, when two of the peace commis- 

 sioners, who had been sent to treat with 

 the renegades, were treacherously assas- 

 sinated. In this act Kintpuash played 



