Skip to main content
Donate

Robert Aquinas McNally

Articles From This Author

Modoc, Modoc War, Kientpoos, Captain Jack, Native American History, Lava Beds, Stronghold, Ulysses S. Grant, Peace Commission, Klamath River, Klamath Reservation, New York Herald, Bogus Charley, Manifest Destiny
Archives

The Journalist and the Modoc Warriors

By Robert Aquinas McNally
Ben Wright Indian killer
Archives

The Indian Killer Dubbed ‘Knight of the Frontier’

By Robert Aquinas McNally
The low-lying area beyond the ranger is the general site where the Captain Evan Thomas’s patrol was so devastatingly attacked by the Modocs. The hill to the right is the butte that was the object of the patrol (today called Hardin Butte).
Archives

Native History: Modocs Win Big at Sand Butte

By Robert Aquinas McNally
Modocs fought genocide in the lava bed
Archives

Genocide on the California Frontier

By Robert Aquinas McNally
Lount's account of the Pit River Massacre
Archives

The Nod and a Wink Slaughter: What California’s Native Genocide Looked Like

By Robert Aquinas McNally
Hillary Clinton is seen here in April 2016 after securing victory over Bernie Sanders in New York’s Democratic primary race.
Archives

Hillary? Clinton’s Run: Seneca Women, Modocs Facing Gallows and One Tough Quaker

By Robert Aquinas McNally
Seeking an image of a Modoc fighter and figuring that one Native looked pretty much like any other, Muybridge posed Warm Springs scout Loa-kum Ar-nuk. The photographer put the scout down sighting a Spencer carbine steadied by a shooting stick. This image from the right emphasizes Loa-kum Ar-nuk’s low stance behind a rock wall and his thousand-yard stare. Transformed into a woodcut, this second image of the scout was published in the June 21, 1873, Harper’s Weekly over the caption “Modoc brave lying in wait for a shot.”
Archives

Native History: The Famous Modoc Brave Who Wasn’t

By Robert Aquinas McNally
This front page of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper ran with portraits of 11 Modoc Indians, who ended up as federal prisoners.
Archives

Four More Heads for the Indian Trophy Room

By Robert Aquinas McNally
Captain Jack
Archives

Native History: Who Really Caught Captain Jack?

By Robert Aquinas McNally
One of William Simpson’s most widely published illustrations, titled “A Scalp for Captain Jack” and run in Harper’s Weekly, portrays a scene that never happened.
Archives

Native History: The Indian Wars’ Only Foreign Correspondent

By Robert Aquinas McNally