Crossword clues for modoc
modoc
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Modocs \Mo"docs\, n. pl.; sing. Modoc. (Ethnol.) A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 90
Land area (2000): 0.117920 sq. miles (0.305412 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.117920 sq. miles (0.305412 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50058
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.046323 N, 85.126125 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47358
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Modoc
Housing Units (2000): 259
Land area (2000): 4.080875 sq. miles (10.569417 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.078217 sq. miles (7.972546 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.159092 sq. miles (18.541963 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47050
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 33.714739 N, 82.218318 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29838
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Modoc
Housing Units (2000): 4807
Land area (2000): 3944.096888 sq. miles (10215.163611 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 259.277148 sq. miles (671.524702 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4203.374036 sq. miles (10886.688313 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 41.527360 N, 120.790625 W
Headwords:
Modoc, CA
Modoc County
Modoc County, CA
Wikipedia
Modoc may refer to:
- Modoc people, a Native American/First Nations people
:* Modoc language
:* Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe of Modoc
- Modoc War, the last armed resistance of the Modoc people in 1873
- The "Modocs", a Welsh gang operating in the anthracite coalfields around Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania during the 19th century. The group had conflicts with a much better-known rival, which came to be known as the Molly Maguires.
Modoc is a book written by American writer Ralph Helfer and published in 1998. It tells the story of a boy and an elephant and their fight to stay together across three continents.
Usage examples of "modoc".
Loran stood guard while the other four, Singai, Rainon, Juste and Modoc, sat to direct their minds on a mission of discovery.
Tiern had just begun to get concerned about him, in view of his own experience, when Modoc blinked and rose to a sitting position.
Tiern, trailed by Juste, Singai, and Loran, followed Modoc as he moved silently along.
Perhaps halfway down the corridor, Modoc halted and peered around a corner before darting past the opening and halting on the other side.
Loran crept across the opening to follow Modoc, while Juste and Singai shadowed Tiern.
He could hear Modoc panting slightly behind him as he labored up the stairs with Loran.
Simultaneously, Modoc, Singai, and Loran emerged from the inn and raced for their dyre.
Glancing further back, Tiern saw that Juste, Loran and Modoc, too, were cloaking themselves behind the fluctuating protection of their auras.
She lay the blaster aside and waited silently, as directed, but impatiently as Singai and Modoc each laid their hands upon Trace and closed their eyes.
Only when she had laid the weapon on his chest did Singai and Modoc open their eyes.
Juste, Singai and Modoc spoke together for a time, and then began to collect the bodies of their enemies, placing them near the base of the stone wall.
Balar excused himself to return to his duties and Singai, Modoc, and Juste took themselves off, intent upon whatever personal tasks demanded their attention.
To her surprise he had greeted Juste, Modoc and Rainon by name, grasping their forearms in a masculine handshake accompanied by an earnest bright-eyed gaze that Coventry was unable to decipher.
Ben was about to declare himself forcibly when he saw Modoc rise in his stirrups as if to peer across the lake, then duck down quickly.
Ben, sensing something most unusual, rode quickly by the rustlers to face Modoc, who had turned.