Early Statehood: 1850 – 1880s: Federal Indian Policy & the Modoc War
Toby (the Squaw Who Warned General Canby of His Impending Fate), and Four Old Modoc Squaws. 1873. Eadweard Muybridge, photographer. One frame of albumen stereo card. Collection of Oakland Museum of California.
This image depicts a group of Modoc women in the area of the lava beds. Two men, dressed in militia outfits stand beside them. Following the surrender of Captain Jack, the remaining Modoc were sent to reservations in Oklahoma. Many died there. The remaining survivors were allowed to return to the Klamath reservation in the early 20th century.