Exterminate them : written accounts of the murder, rape, and slavery of Native Americans during the California gold rush, 1848-1868 / edited by Clifford E. Trafzer and Joel R. Hyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trafzer, Clifford E.

Hyer, Joel R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians, Treatment of--California--History.

Indians, Treatment of--California--History--Sources.

Indians of North America--Crimes against--California.

California--Gold discoveries--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Popular media depict miners as a rough-and-tumble lot who diligently worked the placers along scenic rushing rivers while living in roaring mining camps in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Trafzer and Hyer destroy this mythic image by offering a collection of original newspaper articles that describe in detail the murder, rape, and enslavement perpetrated by those who participated in the infamous gold rush. ""It is a mercy to the Red Devils,"" wrote an editor of the Chico Courier, ""to exterminate them."" Newspaper accounts of the era depict both the barbarity and the nobility in

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: White American Perceptions of California Indians; Chapter 2: Native American Reaction to the Invasion; Chapter 3: Other Native Resistance; Chapter 4: The Gold Rush and Native Americans of Southern California; Chapter 5: Anglo Depredations Against California Indians; Chapter 6: Indian Relations with the State and Federal Governments; Suggested Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87013-961-4

0-585-18818-1

OCLC:

44958214