Oregon Experience: The Modoc War
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The Modoc War of 1872 to 1873 was one of the costliest American Indian wars in U.S. history, considering the number of people involved. For nearly seven months, a handful of Modoc Indian warriors and their families held off hundreds of U.S. Army soldiers.
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A few dozen Indian warriors against the U.S. Army.
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