Killing for Land in Early California: Indian Blood at Round Valley : Founding the Nome Cult Indian Farm"This is a history of the clash between the White settlers and the Native Americans in what is now an affluent county in California. The frontier wars gave land and gold to Whites and reservations to the Native Americans. Eyewitness accounts and extensive research show the conflicting roles played by the Army, State Legislature and the US Congress"--Provided by publisher. |
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Contents
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Chapter 1 The Yukis Meet White Men | 18 |
Chapter 2 The Establishment of Nome Cult Farm | 38 |
Conflicting Views of a Complicated Situation | 50 |
Chapter 4 Gen Kibbes Expedition or the War with the Wintoons 18581859 | 70 |
Chapter 5 Vengeance and Taking the LandEden and Round Valleys 18591860 | 88 |
Chapter 6 The Woes of the Settlers and Ranchers | 104 |
Chapter 10 The Rejected Majority Report 1860 | 177 |
The 1860 Congressional Debate and Kidnapping Native American Children | 189 |
Chapter 12 Native Americans Retaliate | 198 |
Chapter 13 Tension Mounts between Native Americans and Settlers | 219 |
Chapter 14 Company F Occupies Round Valley and Declares Martial Law August 1862Spring 1863 | 227 |
Chapter 15 Further Injustice 18631864 | 248 |
Justifiable Conquest? | 262 |
Appendices | 275 |
Chapter 7 The Employees Depositions | 135 |
Chapter 8 Depositions of the Soldiers | 159 |
Chapter 9 Journalism of the Period and Round Valley in the 1860s | 167 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Killing for Land in Early California: Indian Blood at Round Valley : Founding the Nome Cult Indian Farm |
| Author | Frank H. Baumgardner |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Algora Publishing, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0875863647, 9780875863641 |
| Length | 284 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Native American History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies |
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