header

Killing for land in early California (Record no. 217930)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 03096nam a2200433 a 4500
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 323.1197/0794/09034
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Baumgardner, Frank H.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Killing for land in early California
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Name of publisher Algora Pub.,
Year of publication 2006.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xvii, 292 p. :
Other physical details maps.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The Yukis meet White men -- The establishment of Nome Cult Farm -- The army, the settlers, and the Office of Indian Affairs, in 1857-18: conflicting views of a complicated situation -- Gen. Kibbe's "expedition" or Trinity County, Hoopa Valley, and on the Klamath River, 1858-59, or, The War with the Win-toons, 1858-1859 -- Vengeance and taking the land--Eden and round valleys, 1859-1860 -- The woes of the settlers and ranchers -- The employees' depositions -- Depositions of the soldiers -- Journalism of the period and Round Valley in the 1860s -- The rejected majority report, 1860 -- "Arrant fabrications" : the 1860 congressional debate and kidnapping Native-American children -- Native Americans retaliate -- Tension mounts between Native Americans and settlers -- Company F occupies Round Valley and declares martial law, August 1862-Spring 1863 -- Further injustice, 1863-1864 -- Conclusion: "Justifiable conquest"?.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Indians of North America
Topical Term Indians of North America
Topical Term Indians of North America
Topical Term Frontier and pioneer life
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10476892

No items available.

© 2026 Rongo University
Contact us: librarian | system librarian | Rongo university