Canby's Cross

The bronze says murdered and treacherously slain, and in the Army's reckoning it was. On April 11, 1873, at a peace tent here, Kintpuash shot General Edward Canby, the only general killed in the Indian wars, and Eleazer Thomas was killed beside him. The Park Service panel at the cross notes that the Modoc saw it as a tactic of war. The price came after: Kintpuash and three others hanged at Fort Klamath that October, and 153 survivors sent in exile to Indian Territory. The wooden cross replicates one a soldier raised in 1882.

What the plaque says

14 Miles Canby's Cross General E. R. S. Canby was murdered here in April, 1873, while holding a peace parley under flag of truce with Captain Jack and Indian chiefs. Rev. Eleazer Thomas, peace commissioner, was likewise treacherously slain. Historical Landmark No. 110 Department of Public Works - Division of Highways 14 Miles Canby's Cross General E. R. S. Canby was murdered here in April, 1873, while holding a peace parley under flag of truce with Captain Jack and Indian chiefs. Rev. Eleazer Thomas, peace commissioner, was likewise treacherously slain. Historical Landmark No. 110 Department of Public Works - Division of Highways

Where it stands

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