NoeHill Travels in California
Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Modoc County
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17 October 2016
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Warm Springs Indians
State Route 139 near County Road 122
Newell
State Route 139 near County Road 122
Newell
The marker reads:
Two Warm Springs Indians, acting as scouts with the U.S. Army were killed at the Battle of Dry Lake. That final battle of the Modoc War was fought about 10 miles S.E. of here May 10, 1873. They were brought to the Peninsula Camp, just south of here, and buried by the army.