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Modoc
[ moh-dok ]
noun
, plural Mo·docs, (especially collectively) Mo·doc.
- a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and ranging from southern Oregon to northern California.
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This ended the Indian difficulties in that quarter until the Modoc War, twenty years later.
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Modoc, by some Modoc, is a word which originated with the Shasteecas, who applied it indefinitely to all wild Indians or enemies.
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It was, therefore, decided that we should visit Klamath Lake and the Modoc country with the view of trapping and hunting.
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"So Oldham offered to let you off, if you would keep out of this Modoc Land case," said she.
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Took a prominent part in the Modoc war, and distinguished himself by the capture of Captain Jack in the lava-beds.
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