Leonard Case, a philanthropist from Cleveland, Ohio, traveled to Fort Klamath, Oregon, in 1873 to witness the execution of four Modoc Indians who had been convicted in the murders of Gen. E.R.S. Canby and Rev. Thomas on April 11, 1873. Traveling with Case was his assistant, Henry Abbey.

Case kept one diary covering the entire trip, while Abbey recorded two diaries along they way.

Listed below are links to scanned pages of Case's diary. Abbey's diaries have not been scanned.

Note that in some cases, as Case wrote his notes, he continued one day's entry onto the previous page. At other times Case continued his entry onto following pages.

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Leonard Case diary:

July 23 - Aug. 1 -- Cleveland to Denver.

Aug. 2 - Sept. 10 -- Colorado hunting expedition.

Sept. 11-22 -- Denver to San Francisco.

Sept. 23-28 -- San Francisco to Fort Klamath.

Sept. 29 - Oct. 3 -- Events at Fort Klamath.

Oct. 4-25 -- Linkville to Cleveland.

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