Killing for Land in Early California [electronic resource] : Indian Blood at Round Valley

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baumgardner, Frank H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Local Subjects:

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Publishing, 2007.

Summary:

The California frontier wars gave land and gold to Whites and reservations to the few surviving Native Americans. Through eyewitness accounts this highly researched work brings to light the graft, greed, and conflicting roles played by the US Army, the St

Contents:

Killing for Land; Founding the Nome Cult Indian Farm; Frank H. Baumgardner III; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Yukis Meet White Men; Chapter 2. The Establishment of Nome Cult Farm; Chapter 3. The Army, the Settlers, and the Office of Indian Affairs in 1857-1858: Conflicting Views of a Complicated Situation; Chapter 3. The Army, the Settlers, and the Office of Indian Affairs; Chapter 4. Gen. Kibbe's "Expedition" or, the War with the Win-toons 1858-1859; Chapter 5. Vengeance and Taking the Land-Eden and Round Valleys, 1859-1860

Chapter 6. The Woes of the Settlers and Ranchers Chapter 7. The Employees' Depositions; Chapter 8. Depositions of the Soldiers; Chapter 9. Journalism of the Period and Round Valley in the 1860's; Chapter 10. The Rejected Majority Report, 1860; Chapter 11. "Arrant Fabrications": The 1860 Congressional Debate and Kidnapping Native- American Children; Chapter 11. "Arrant Fabrications": Kidnapping Native-American Children; Chapter 12. Native Americans Retaliate; Chapter 13. Tension Mounts between Native Americans and Settlers

Chapter 14. Company F Occupies Round Valley and Declares Martial Law, August 1862-Spring 1863 Chapter 14. Company F Occupies Round Valley and declares Martial Law; Chapter 15. Further Injustice, 1863-1864; Chapter 16. Conclusion: "Justifiable Conquest"?; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-39844-6

0-87586-366-3

OCLC:

476114254