When she learned of a Modoc military plot to kill US army officers, she chose to warn them. Although it meant betraying her tribe, she felt the move was necessary to prevent the senseless bloodshed and the acts of revenge that would surely be taken against her people. Unfortunately, Kaitchknoa's warning was not taken seriously, and the army officers were killed. Nonetheless, her decision was a great act of bravery that put her at considerable risk, and she deserves to be remembered among the heroes of the descimating wars between the US and Indian nations. The status of women among the Pueblo is extraordinarily high.
Descent is traced through the mother.
The houses and garden patches are owned by the women. Husbands move into their wives' homes. Indian women on the Oregon Coast held a comparable liberated status. Occasionally they voiced strong public opinions which went far beyond family problems. There were recorded instances of native women being so persuasive concerning intra-tribal problems that they became military leaders.