The following is a series of statements by General John E. Wool and his underlings in the 1850s, from their administrative moorings in Benecia, California,
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Red Caps Murder Patora
In March 1855, Patora a chief of the Yurok tribe was murdered by volunteers on the Klamath River in California. The Yurok at this time
Ka’hosadi Shasta Peoples of Oregon and California
Chief John, Tecumtum, was the leader of the Rogue River Confederacy for over a year in southwestern Oregon. The Confederacy formed when tribal bands on
A State of Open Warfare: the Chetko Massacre revisited
Rape, threats of violence, and Murder were the tools used by the Whitemen who came to the region encompassing northern California and southern Oregon in
Memorial on behalf of the Indians of California, 1850
The appeal below, suggests the reservation system for the tribes of California. Pastor Woodbridge’s detailed memorial addresses what scholars today are discovering about the 19th