Joel Palmer was the Indian Agent at the Siletz Agency in 1871 and had responsibilities, as emphasized in his 1871 journal, over continuing to removing
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The Most Persistent Attempt to Exterminate the Tribes, Beginning with the Yontocket Massacre 1853
As related in my previous essay about the Chetko Massacre, there was a massacre of the Tolowa in 1853. The Palmer account suggest the previous
The War of Extermination and Traditional Food Gathering by Tribes in California, 1856
The tribes of California had 18 treaties negotiated with them in 1851. Agents McKee, Barbour and Wozencraft split the state in thirds and negotiated with
Tolowa Dee-ni Fish Camp and Chronology
Updated 4/16/2020 Loren Bommelyn wrote to tell me that there were some corrections needed to the Chronology. I welcomed this because this is the Tolowa’s