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Here is a picture of Austin Wiley, the second owner of the Humboldt Times, a newspaper that still ran in 1860. Wiley preached for the "removal or extermination" of the Natives within the area and frequently posted articles and rewards for their…

Here we can see two Wintu women in western style clothes.

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.

Here is a photo of James D. Henry Brown who was named by those in the Wiyot tribe as the main perpetrator and leader behind the Indian Island Massacre. Later determined to be true by historian Martha Roscoe as she states that he lived on a ranch in…

Here is a video taken by a drone giving us aerial footage of what Indian Island looks like today. Footage for Indian Island starts at 2:30. Link is below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iqGpAuSN9c

A native man from the Mad River area standing on the bank of Mad River.

Yurok fisherman in the kalamath river in the year 1900.

A photograph of "Wa-Cat and "Ma Hack" which is presumed to have been taken Del Norte County, in October of 1905.

Farms and farming; Landscapes; Orleans; Villages; Bird's-eye views

"May Burton the only child saved from the Indian massacre on Gunthers Island" || Same image as 1999.07.2897, not cropped. Notes from Julian Lang, based on information from Table Bluff Reservation elders: Mrs. Barto, probably Mrs. Elsie May Barto, was…