Killing for land in early California [electronic resource] : Indian blood at Round Valley : founding the Nome Cult Indian Farm / Frank H. Baumgardner III.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"?.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.