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- Leader of the Hot Creek Shacknasty Jim, 1851
- Modoc Warrior Hooker Jim, 1851
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Shacknasty Jim (c1851 - 1881) was a Modoc warrior and the leader of the Hot Creek band. His nickname is a corruption of a Modoc name meaning Left - handed Man. His brothers, Jake and Shacknasty Frank, fought under him during the Modoc War. After the plot to assassinate the peace commissioners was carried out, Shacknasty surrendered, and his band went onto the Quapaw Agency Lands. Shacknasty then served as a scout who helped the United States Cavalry hunt down the remaining Modoc warriors.
Shacknasty Jim died of tuberculosis at the Quapaw Agency.
His great - granddaughter is the author Cheewa James.
Hooker Jim (1851 – 1879) was a Modoc warrior who played a pivotal role in the Modoc War. Hooker Jim was the son - in - law of tribal medicine man Curley Headed Doctor. After white settlers massacred Modoc women and children contemporaneously with the Battle of Lost River, Hooker Jim led a group of Modocs overland to Captain Jack's Stronghold. During their march, Hooker Jim and his warriors killed several white settlers in revenge.
Captain Jack, the Modoc chief, repeatedly refused to hand Hooker Jim and the other Modocs who had killed the settlers over to white authorities. Hooker Jim then coerced Captain Jack into murdering General Edward Canby at a peace council.
Soon after, as the Army invaded the Lava Beds where Captain Jack had taken refuge, Hooker Jim abandoned Captain Jack and surrendered to the Army. After Captain Jack was finally captured, Hooker Jim testified against his chief in exchange for amnesty.
Hooker Jim followed the tribe in exile to Oklahoma and died there in 1879.