Captain Jack

… I am Modoc.

I am not afraid to die.

When he heard the colonel's law

removing them to a place

that was never Modoc or ever could be,

he hid his anger

in the folds of his voice and said:

then let us have these lava beds

no one else will want or can live in but us.

We will feed on these barrens of ash

gathering roots, seeds, and worms,

hunting prey we know how to catch

in the places hidden from you.

But we will not go back to nowhere again

or lie down devout before your hunger

like driftwood dogs or Adam's deer.

We are not afraid to die. We are Modoc.

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