Timeline of Genocide Incidents in the High Desert Region

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icode Appx.* Date Number killed

 

 Location Source Source files
I0731 III December 20, 1851 4 – 8 Los Coyotes in Southern California Bean to McDougal, January 1, 1852, IWP, F3753:144; Phillips, Chiefs and Challengers, 92-93 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0731b.pdf
I0172 II December 25, 1851 4 Los Coyotes in Southern California Bean to McDougal, January 1, 1852, IWP, F3753:144; San Diego Herald, January 10, 1852, 2
I0829 III October 9, 1856 5 – 5+ Lower Klamath Lake SDU, October 21, 1856, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0829.pdf
I1072 III Before August 24, 1859 ~12 “on the headwaters of Deer Creek” Red Bluff Beacon, August 24, 1859, 2. http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1072.pdf
I0446 II April 19, 1860 2 Southwest of Camp Cady in the Mojave Desert Letterman, April 22, 1860 in LAS, April 28, 1860, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0446.pdf
I0925 III Between April 27 and May 12, 1860 5 Mojave Desert LAS, May 12, 1860, 2; Fuller in Deseret News, June 13, 1860, 5
I0625 II February 18, 1867 4 Rabbit Springs, Mojave Desert San Bernardino Guardian, February 23, 1867 in Hayes Scraps, Vol.39 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0625a.pdf
I0626 II On or just after March 1, 1867 2 Mission Canyon, about 25 miles from San Gorgonio Pass San Bernardino Guardian, March 9, 1867 in Hayes Scraps, Vol.94 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0626a.jpg

 

TOTAL ESTIMATED NUMBER KILLED IN REGION: 45-49

*Appendix (Appx.) refers to the reference’s location in:

Benjamin Madley, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2016.

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Abbreviations used in timeline:

IWP: California Adjutant General’s Office, Military Department, Adjutant General, Indian War Papers F3753

LAS: Los Angeles Star newspaper

SDU Sacramento Daily Union newspaper

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