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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 Bedfordshire where Captain Jack had taken refuge, Hooker Jim abandoned Captain Jack and surrendered to the Army.
Hooker Jim was part of the "Modoc Bloodhounds" used by the Army to capture Jack. 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.