Yontocket Resources

The following resources are available in in the Humboldt Room at the Humboldt State University Library or in the libraries main collections. These resources contain information related to the Yontocket Massacre.

 

Baldwin, Marian L., 1916  History of Smith River, California. Unpublished student paper; photocopy available in the Humboldt County Collection, Humboldt State University Library, Arcata.

Baumhoff, Martin, 1958  California Athabascan Groups. Anthropological Records 16:5.

Bearss, Edwin C., 1982  History Basic Data: Redwood National Park. U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

Beckham, Stephen Dow, 1971  Requiem for a People: The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Bledsoe, A. J., 1881  History of Del Norte County, California. Eureka: Humboldt Times Print---Wyman & Co.

Bommelyn, Loren, 1993  Interview with Jerry Rohde, October 26, 1993.

Bommelyn, Loren, and Berneice Humphrey, 1989  Xus We-yo: Tolowa (Tututni) Language Dictionary, 2nd edition. Crescent City, CA: Tolowas Language Committee.

Chase, Don, N. d.  Notes for Del Norte Co. Historical Society: Subject Yontocket, or Burnt Ranch. Copy located in “Yontocket” file, Del Norte County Historical Society, Crescent City.

Childs, John Lewis, 1894  Del Norte County As It Is. Crescent City.

Clausen, Barbara A., and Beverly Spitzner, 1996  Del Norte Bites: History & Recipes. N. p.: Babe Publications.

Coan, Ernie, 1953  The Del Norte Indian. Unpublished MS, photocopy available in the “Indians-Del Norte” file, Humboldt County Collection, Humboldt State University Library, Arcata.

Crescent City Herald

1854a  “The Columbia brought…”. Crescent City Herald, August 5, 1854:2.

1854b  Indian Fishfry. Crescent City Herald, September 27, 1854:2.

1854c  Smith River Valley. Crescent City Herald, November 1, 1854:2.

1854d  Mysterious Disappearance. Crescent City Herald, November 8, 1854:2.

1854e  The Murder of A. French. Crescent City Herald, November 15, 1854:2.

1854f  Our Indians. Crescent City Herald, November 15, 1854:2.

1854g  The Murderers of A. French. Crescent City Herald, November 22, 1854:2.

1854h  The late Indian Difficulty—Its circumstances and Results. Crescent City Herald, November 29, 1854:2.

1854i  Klamath Rangers. Crescent City Herald, November 29, 1854:2.

1854j  The Indians. Crescent City Herald, November 29, 1854:2.

1854k  Smith River Valley. Crescent City Herald, December 6, 1854:2.

1854l  The late Affray on the Klamath. Crescent City Herald, December 6, 1854:1.

1854m  The late Indian Difficulty—Its circumstances and Results (Concluded).Crescent City Herald, December 13, 1854:1.

1854n  Battery Point. Crescent City Herald, December 13, 1854:2.

1854o  The Indians Again. Crescent City Herald, December 20, 1854:2.

1854p  “At a meeting…”. Crescent City Herald, December 27, 1854:1.

1854q  The Indians. Crescent City Herald, December 27, 1854:2.

1885a  Battle with the Indians. Crescent City Herald, January 3, 1854:2.

1855b  The Indians. Crescent City Herald, January 10, 1855:2.

1855c  The Indians. Crescent City Herald, January 17, 1855:2.

1855d  A Brief Statement of the Late Indian Difficulties. Crescent City Herald, January 24, 1855:2.

1855e  Klamath and Coast Rangers. Crescent City Herald, January 24, 1855:2.

1855f  Another Indian War! Six White Men Killed-Two Ferry Boats cut Away---The Indians Well Armed. Crescent City Herald, January 31, 1855:2.

Curtis, Edward S., 1970[1724]  The North American Indian, Vol. 13. New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation.

DNCS, N. d.  [Notes on back of photo of “Burnt Ranch – Chas. Pala Ranch etc.” Located in “Indian” photograph file, Del Norte County Historical Society, Crescent City.

Del Norte Record

1880a  Early Days of Crescent City. Del Norte Record, June 19, 1880:2.

1880b  Early Days of Crescent City. Del Norte Record, June 26, 1880:2.

Dorsey, J. Owen

1890  The Gentile System of the Siletz Tribe. Journal of American Folklore 3:(10):227-237.

Drucker, Philip, 1937  The Tolowa and Their Southwest Oregon Kin. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 36:4.

Kiernan, B. (2003, January 31). Part 2: Terror in America; The genocide of Native Americans. Pequot Times, p. 12.

Parkman, E. (1989). A Stone for Yontocket. American Indian Quarterly, 13(4), 529.

Ethnological Documents

2002  Ethnological Documents Collection of the Department and Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1875-1958. Berkeley: Bancroft Library. Microfilm: Humboldt State University Library, Arcata.

Grimblot, Wanda, 1964  Smith River Massacres Are Revealed. Crescent City American, November 3, 1964.

Gould, Richard. "Indian and White Versions of 'The Burnt Ranch Massacre': A Study in Comparative Ethnohistory." Journal of the Folklore Institute. 3(1): 30-42. 1966.

1964  Archaeological Site Survey Record for Site Dno-19/H. Copy available at the Cultural Resources Facility, Center for Indian Community Development, Humboldt State University, Arcata.

1978  Tolowa. In Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 8: California. Robert F. Heizer, ed. Pp. 128-136. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.

King, Thomas F., 1973  National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form for Yontocket Historical District. Copy available at the Cultural Resources Facility, Center for Indian Community Development, Humboldt State University, Arcata.

Kroeber, A. L., 1997  A. L. Kroeber Papers, 1869-1972. Microfilm: Humboldt State University Library.

Lopez, Samuel (Hi-lash), 1996  Smith River Indians from Sam Lopez’ Journal. In Del Norte Bites: History & Recipes. Beverly J. Clausen and Beverly Spitzner, eds. Pp. 1-16. N.p.: Babe Publications.

McBeth, Frances Turner, 1960  Pioneers of Elk Valley. Angwin, CA: Pacific Union College Press.

Merriam, C. Hart, 1998  Papers, vol. I. Microfilm: Humboldt State University Library, Arcata, CA.

Merriam, C. Hart, and Zelda Merriam Talbot, 1974  Boundary Descriptions of California Indian Stocks and Tribes. Archaeological Research Facility, Department of Anthropology, Berkeley.

Miller, Lee, 1977  History cheats brave Indian woman over saving of Curry residents. Del Norte Triplicate, August 10, 1977:6.

Norton, Jack. "When our Worlds Cried: Genocide in Northwestern California." The Indian Historical Press. San Francisco, 1979.

Peacock, Thomas, 1976  A Town is Born. Del Norte Triplicate 1976 Bi-Centennial Edition. Crescent City, CA: Triplicate Publishing Company.

Powers, Stephen, 1877  Tribes of California. In Contributions to North American Ethnology:3. Washington: Department of the Interior.

Pritchard, W. E., 1970  Archaeological Site Survey Record for site DNo-S11 [Corrected to CA-DNO-019]. Copy available at the Cultural Resources Facility, Center for Indian Community Development, Humboldt State University, Arcata.

Raphael, Ray, and Freeman House, 2007  Two Peoples, Once Place. Eureka: Humboldt County Historical Society.

Roberts, Ruth, 1964  The Stolen Girls. Del Norte County Historical Society Bulletin, August 28, 1964.

Surveyor General

1856a  [Map of] Township No 18 North, Range No 1 West, Humboldt Meridian. San Francisco: Surveyor General’s Office. Microfiche copy available at the Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office.

1856b  Copy of Field Notes of the Exterior Lines, Subdivisions and Meanders of Township 18 North[,] Range 1 West [,] Humboldt Meridian in the Northern Land District of California. San Francisco: Surveyor General’s Office. Microfiche copy available at the Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office.

1856c  [Map of] Township No 17 North, Range No 1 West, Humboldt Meridian. San Francisco: Surveyor General’s Office. Microfiche copy available at the Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office.

1856d [Map of] Township No 16 North, Range No 1 West, Humboldt Meridian. San Francisco: Surveyor General’s Office. Microfiche copy available at the Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office.

1856e [Map of] Township No 16 North, Range No 2 West, Humboldt Meridian. San Francisco: Surveyor General’s Office. Microfiche copy available at the Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office.

USGS

1996  Smith River Quadrangle California—Humboldt County 7.5 Minute Series. Denver: U. S. Geological Survey.

1997a  Cant Hook Mountain Quadrangle California—Humboldt County 7.5 Minute Series. Denver: U. S. Geological Survey.

1997b  Gasquet Quadrangle California—Humboldt County 7.5 Minute Series. Denver: U. S. Geological Survey.

1997c  Hiouchi Quadrangle California—Humboldt County 7.5 Minute Series. Denver: U. S. Geological Survey.

Van Deventer, Ruby, 1966  Adventures in History. Del Norte County Historical Society Bulletin, February 22, 1966.

Van Kirk, Susie, 1998  Lake Earl: Historical Resources and Overview. Photocopy.

Waldman, Carl, 2006  Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, 3rd edition. New York: Facts On File.

Warburton, Austen D., and Joseph F. Endert, 1966  Indian Lore of the North California Coast. Santa Clara, CA: Pacific Pueblo Press.

Waterman, T. T., 1925  The Village Sites in Tolowas and Neighboring Areas in Northwestern California. American Anthropologist, New Series, 27:4.

Other Resources

Coombs, A. 2010. Conflict or hunting rights sullies tolowa dunes. Econews. Arcata, CA. USA. 40(5)

Calla, S. 2011. Kin to the earth: sandra jerabek. Econews. Arcata, CA. USA. 41(2)

Reed, A. L. 1999. Neeyu nn'ee min' nngheeyilh naach'aaghitlhni: Lhla't'i deeni tr'vmdan' natlhsri. Rooted in the land of our ancestors, we are strong: A tolowa history. university of california, Berkeley. Proquest dissertation publication.