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On his mission, McParlan uncovered at least two other violent groups, a splinter group of Irishmen called the Chain Gang and a Welsh-German gang, the Modocs.

From Washington Times • Jun. 30, 2018

“Perhaps he lost his objectivity,” Aurand wrote, “and conveniently forgot the Modocs and the ‘Chain Gang,’ an oversight also convenient for his employer, Franklin B. Gowen.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 30, 2018

Never a smile from him, though, till he and Hedrick are safe out into the night again—then, of course, they hug each other and howl over it like Modocs!

From Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury by Riley, James Whitcomb

These works were held by no less than one hundred and twenty Shoshones belonging to the Piutes, Pitt Rivers, Modocs and Snakes.

From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

The Modocs, or renegades were now out of the lava beds, and with soldiers and volunteers practically surrounding them, and with dissensions in their own camp, the band broke up.

From Reminiscences of a Pioneer by Thompson, William, Colonel