01393cam a2200289 4500 167944988 TxAuBib 20140822120000.0 120616s1991||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012427586 9780312925741 pbk. 0312925743 pbk. TxAuBib Johnston, Terry C. Devil's backbone : the Modoc War, 1872-3 / Terry C. Johnston. St. Martin's Paperbacks ed. New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1991. xv, 426 p. : maps ; 18 cm. Plainsmen, The ; 5 Plainsmen ; bk. 5 Book four of the author's series based on the Indian Wars. The novel is set in 1872-1873 near the Oregon Territory. The Modoc Indians and the American officials are on the brink of war. A Modoc chief, Kientpoos, murders a Civil War hero during negotiations, and triggers a U.S. Army offensive against the Modocs. Besieged in Lava Beds near Tule Lake, the Modocs fight for seven months before being defeated when Modoc defectors help turn the tide against the Indians. 20140822. Modoc Indians Wars, 1873 Fiction. Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress). The Plainsmen ; 5. Plainsmen ; bk. 5.