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Article in The Northern Californian describing attacks of Indian Island Massacre. Titled 'Indiscriminate Massacre of Indians, Women and Children Butchered
Article describes brutal attacks of Indian Island Massacre. Full text written below.
"Our Indian troubles have reached a crisis. Today we record acts of Indian aggression and white retaliation. It is a humiliating fact that the parties who may be…
"Our Indian troubles have reached a crisis. Today we record acts of Indian aggression and white retaliation. It is a humiliating fact that the parties who may be…
California Cultures: A Monograph Series. Volume 1, 2015. “Where the Trails Return: Cultural Influences on Hupa History.”
In January 1855, miners at Orleans made an attempt to seize guns and ammunition from the nearby Karuk villages of Wopum, Sahwuram, and Panamenik.
Creator: Brian Gleeson
Creator: Brian Gleeson
“Where the Trails Return: Cultural Influences on Hupa History.”
This source documents the Red Caps War from a Hupa perspective and details the steps taken by neighboring Hupa peoples in an attempt to quell this conflict. This gives insight on how the war affected not only the Yurok and Karuk tribes, but the…
Bloody Island Historical Landmark - erected 1942 (hmdb.org)
The plaque reads "Scene of a battle between U.S. soldiers under command of Captain Lyons and Indians under Chief Augustine, April 14th, 1850. Dedicated as an historical monument by the Native Sons of the Golden West. May 20th, 1942"
Russian River, California
Just West of Clear Lake, the Russian River was one of the sites where Pomo victims of the Bloody Island Massacre fled to escape the United States First Dragoons Army Regiment.
Orleans Bar County Seat of Klamath County California, Taken from a Drawing by C.C. Harris
[Drawing of Orleans, including Indians at Dance Grounds]
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Vol. 1, Laws.
Documentation of the legal dialogue between GEO. W. MANYPENNY (Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs), Hon. R. MCCLELLAND (Secretary of the Interior), and President Franklin Pierce.
The Klamath River Reservation was November 1855, the Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs
Documentation of the legal dialogue between GEO. W. MANYPENNY (Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs), Hon. R. MCCLELLAND (Secretary of the Interior), and President Franklin Pierce.
Executive Order: Klamath River Reserve
Documentation of the Executive Order that Implemented the Klamath River Reservation. Conversation between GEO. W. MANYPENNY (Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs), Hon. R. MCCLELLAND (Secretary of the Interior), President Franklin Pierce