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The Trial of Captain Jack
Media Collection: The Trial of Captain Jack
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Kintpuash (Captain Jack), 1873
Kintpuash (also spelled Keintpoos, Keiintoposes), better known as Captain Jack, was a Modoc Indian chief during the 1860s and early 1870s. (Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.)
Captain Jack's cave, lava beds, 1873
(Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 016801)