Kintpuash, also known as
Captain Jack (c.1837 – October 3, 1873), was a chief of the
Modoc tribe of
California and
Oregon. He led a band from the
Klamath Reservation to return to their lands in California, where they resisted return. From 1872 to 1873, their small force made use of the lava beds, holding off more numerous United States Army forces for months in the
Modoc War.