An army general canby was killed by the modosa... The stronghold was actually a cave in the lava beds of northern california, now a monument ... the lost river is 60 miles long and flows from clear lake reservior in northern california into oregon and back south to tule lake ... this indian war got strung out mostly because army resupply came over the mountains from jacksonville near what is now medford oregon by mule train to the klamath valley ... the modocs were successful by inhibiting the resupply ... there is a book called the modoc wars that explains all .. filming done in an arizona location did not even come close to the actual north central california and south central oregon area where the real actions took place.
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