Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Questions and Answers Chapter 10: The Ordeal of Captain Jack

Study Questions
1. Why did the Modocs adapt the nickname of Captain Jack for Kintpuash?

2. Why did the whites want Jack to lay down his gun?

3. Why did the Modocs surrender?

4. Why did Hooker Jim’s band leave Captain Jack?

5. What happened to Jack’s body?

Answers
1. The Modocs thought “Captain Jack” was a funny name.

2. Because Captain Jack was chief, the whites believed that his example would be followed by others in his...

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