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Boston Charley

Full name:Boston
Date of death:03. 10. 1873
Gender:Male
Race:Native American
Era:1800s
State:Oregon
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Boston Charley

Biography

A combatant in the Modoc War (1872–1873) — the only Indigenous fighters in U.S. history convicted as "war criminals" by a U.S. military commission for their role in the killing of Brigadier General Edward Canby during peace negotiations at the Lava Beds on April 11, 1873. The Modoc had resisted forced removal from their California ancestral lands to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon for years before the war. Convicted alongside Kintpuash and hanged at Fort Klamath on October 3, 1873.

Case

Fort Klamath
Charges: Murder — role in the killing of Gen.
Arrested: Jun 1, 1873
Sentenced: Jul 9, 1873
Released: Oct 3, 1873
Sentence: Death by hanging; executed at Fort Klamath. Verdict as recorded: Yes — by U.S. military commission. Charges as recorded: Murder — role in the killing of Gen. Edward Canby and Rev. Eleazar Thomas during peace negotiations, April 11, 1873.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Oregon