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On January 5, 1855, miners at Orleans Bar established a policy to disarm the native peoples along the Klamath River. Upon the deadline of January 19th, a company of miners marched to the Red Cap rancheria and demanded their surrender. They were met…

This is a newspaper clipping from the Nevada Democrat dated November 10, 1858: p. 2, col. 3.

Here is a song detailing the attacks of Indian Island. It is titled "Indian Island Massacre of 1860" by the Georgia Handshakers out of Arcata, CA.

This newspaper article discusses an attack on Indian Island by local white men, resulting in the indiscriminate slaughter of the entire tribe at the rancheria, as well as several “Mad River Indians” passing through. It goes on to address the massacre…

Clayton Duncan created the Lucy Moore foundation (2000) in honor of his great grandmother. His grandmother, Lucy Moore, was six years old when she survived the Bloody Island Massacre. The foundation hopes to educate the public and memorialize the…

This source is a paper written by Rita Jacinto titled "Whilkut, White Settlers, Worlds Apart."

This article describes the initial movement of surviving Wiyot members in the aftermath of the Indian Island Massacre. It describes the transfer of a mixed Native American tribal populations around the Humboldt Bay, referred as “Indians of the Bay”,…

This is a newspaper clipping from the Trinity Weekly Journal from June 26, 1858: p. 2, col. 1.

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…

Yurok fisherman in the kalamath river in the year 1900.