Timeline of Genocide Incidents in the Greater Humboldt Region

CONTENT WARNING: Many of the primary sources linked on this timeline contain racist language or sentiment and graphic accounts of settler-colonial violence against indigenous people.

Appx.* Date Number killed

 

 Location Sources Source files
I 1850s(?) 9 Mä’äts Yurok oral history summarized in Eidsness, “Initial Cultural Resources Study,” 16. Because Eidsness did not date this, it is not used to calculate the number of California Indians killed in any particular time period.
II 1850s 4+ Bell in Nomland, “Sinkyone Notes,” 166-167 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0111a.pdf
II March, 1850 2 Humboldt Bay La Motte, “Statement of H.D. La Motte,” 7-8 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0119a.pdf
I March or April, 1850 3 Yurok Territory somewhere in the vicinity of Trinity Bay De Massey, “Frenchman in the Gold Rush [part II],” 154 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0016a.pdf
I Spring of 1850 3 9 to 10 miles north of Trinidad Gihon, “Incident of the Gold Bluff,” 648 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0017a.gif
III May 17, 1850 4 – 5 Near Bear River Green to Burnett May 25, 1850 in Placer Times, May 29, 1850 2; Sacramento Placer Times, May 20, 1850, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0683.pdf
III May 20, 1850 11 Bear River Green to Burnett May 25 in Placer Times, May 29, 1850 2; Senate Journal, 1850, 764
III June, 1850 3 – 5+ Southwest shore of big lagoon July 2 letter in DAC, July 10, 1850, 3; Gihon, “Incident of the Gold Bluff Excitement,” 646-660 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0687.pdf
III Summer, 1850 7 – 8 Osagen? North of Gold Bluffs Bruff, Journals, 474. Tony Platt pointed out that this was north of Big Lagoon http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0691a.jpg
III Summer, 1850 14 Burnt Ranch on Trinity River, “twenty-five kilometers down below Big Bar” De Massey, “Frenchman in the Gold Rush [Part III],” 229-231 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0692a.pdf
III Before August 13, 1850 50 – 60 Junction of Klamath and Trinity Rivers SYNTAX in DAC, August 20, 1850, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0694.pdf
II October 1850 1 Trinidad Region REGNA in DAC, November 23 1850, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0136a.jpg
III Before November 11, 1850 15 – 20 Eel River Valley La Motte, “Statement of H.D. La Motte,” 11; DAC, November 11, 1850, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0701.pdf

 

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II Spring, 1851 2 – 3 Several miles north of Trinidad Wells, History of Siskiyou County, 127 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0154a.pdf
II Spring, 1851 2 In the vicinity of Blackburn’s Ferry on the Klamath River Wells, History of Siskiyou County, 127 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0155a.pdf
II May, 1851 4+ Smith River Valley T.J.R., May 26, 1851 in DAC, July 2, 1851, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0163a.pdf
II Between May 28 and June 16, 1851 1, A “child” South Fork of Eel River Strobridge, Regulars in the Redwoods, 241 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1063a.jpg
II June 26, 1851 4 “Tompkin’s Ferry” near Young’s Ranch and Trindad(?) Anonymous, June 30, 1851 in DAC, July 6, 1851, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0166a.jpg
I February 1852 3 “near Eureka and the mouth of Elk river” McKee to Bigler April 5, 1852, in California, Senate Journal, 1852, 712; also in NARA, RG75, M234, Roll 32:853 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0037a.pdf
II February, 1852 3 – 4 Eel River McKee to Bigler April 5, 1852, in California, Senate Journal 1852, 712 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0178a.pdf
III February, 1852 18 – 23 Incidents at the mouth Eel River and up Eel River McKee to Bigler April 5, 1852, in California, Senate Journal, 1852, 712. See also McKee to Bigler, April 5, 1852 in NARA, RG75, M234, 32:853 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0735a.pdf
II Spring, 1852 1 “On the trail near where Loleta now stands” Loud, “Ethnogeography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory,” 323 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0183a.pdf
III 1852 or 1853 ~28 The coast “near the southern boundary of Oregon,” likely Crescent City Harbor Manypenny, Our Indian Wards, 154-155 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0733a.pdf
III Late December 1852 or early January 1853 18 – 20 Near Lyon’s Ranch Correspondent to Marysville Herald in DAC, January 22, 1853, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0752.pdf
I Spring, 1853 4 Taatatun (Battery Point, Crescent City) Bledsoe, History of Del Norte County, 19; Collins, Understanding Tolowa Histories, 35 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0041a.pdf
III Spring 1853 9 Battery Point, Crescent City Del Norte Record, June 26, 1880, 2; Collins,  Understanding Tolowa Histories, 35 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1070b.jpg

 

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III Late August or September, 1853 15 – 20 Near Arcata ABO, September 3, 1853 in Shasta Courier, September 10, 1853, 1
III Fall, 1853 (?) 70 Howonquet, Near mouth of Smith River Curtis, North American Indian, 13:91 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0768a.gif
III October 24, 1853 8 – 15 “Illinois Valley (the extreme south)” Letter, April 25, 1852 in Shasta Courier in SDU, May 3, 1852, 3; Buck to Bradley, June 9, 1852, Franklin Augustus Buck Papers, Box 1, HL; Shasta Courier in SDU, May 3, 1852, 2 and Nevada Journal, May 8, 1852, 2; DAC, April 5, April 25, May 4, 1852, 2; Cox, Annals of Trinity County, 115; Stacer paraphrased in Golden Era, November 15, 1879, 3; Knapp, “Old Californian’s Pioneer Story, Part II,” 508; Brown (tawin thewis) summarized in McKibben summarized in Shriner, Thunder up the Creek, To-Mo-Kus Waket Awl-Wa-Mem, 237; McKibbin, Shepherd, ed., In My Own Words, 15 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0769b.pdf
III Late Autumn, 1853 20 – 600 Yontocket, 13 miles north of Crescent City Peters in Coan, Del Norte Indian, 20; Del Norte Record, June 26, 1880, 2; Crook in Baldwin, “History of Smith River;” Lopez in Clausen and Spitzner, Del Norte Bites, 11; Thornton, Social Organization and the Demographic Survival of the Tolowa, 192; Bommelyn in Norton, When Our Worlds Cried, 54-56; Reed, “Neeyu Ne’ee min’ Nngheeyih,” 61 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0772e.pdf

 

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III Early January, 1854 5 “Burnt Ranch, Trinity River” Shasta Courier, January 14, 1854, 2; SDU, January 18, 1854, 2
III January 1854 7 “about ten miles up” Smith River Crescent City purser in DAC, January 19, 1854, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0774.pdf
III January 1854 8 Near “the mouth of Smith’s River” McCombe in DAC, January 19, 1854, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0775.pdf
II May, 1854 3 “near the ferry on the Klamath” River Yreka Herald in DAC, June 4, 1854, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0273a.jpg
I 1854 5 “the Tátatténi at Crescent City” Curtis, North American Indian, 13:91-92 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0042a.gif
II July, 1854 1 “near Trinidad” Crescent City Herald in DAC, July 27, 1854, 2; SDU, July 28, 1854, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0278a.jpg
II July 13, 1854 3 “South Fork of Trinity” Adobe to Friend Courier, Shasta Courier, July 22, 1854, 2
II November, 1854 2 Crescent City SDU, November 30, 1854, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0285a.pdf
III “latter part of 1854” 12 Village at mouth of Hayfork Creek and a second unidentified location between the mouth of Hayfork Creek and Burnt Ranch. Cox, Annals of Trinity, 84-86 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0786a.pdf
II December 10, 1854 1 Unreported HT, January 27, 1855, 2
III December 31, 1854 30 – 200+ Etchulet, four miles north of Crescent City Crescent City Herald, January 3, 1855, 2; Myers to Adjutant General, March 10, 1855 in Military Records, Bin 3413-5, Coast Rangers, CSA; Bledsoe, History of Del Norte County, 32; white informants in Warburton and Endert, Indian Lore of the North California Coast, 168; Tolowa informants in Thornton, Social Organization and the Demographic Survival of the Tolowa, 192; Tolowa informants in Collins, Understanding Tolowa Histories, 36 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0790c.jpg

 

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I January, 1855 1 Del Norte County Chase, They Pushed Back the Forest, 44 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0050a.jpg
II Late 1854 or early 1855 (?) 4 Trinity County, possibly near Hyampom Cox, Annals of Trinity County, 129 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0288a.jpg
III Winter of 1854-1855 11 – 12 Area between South and Main forks of the Trinity Cox, Annals of Trinity County, 86 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0788a.jpg
II January 16, 1855 2 – 3 “in the vicinity of Redwood” HT, January 20, 1855, 2. This number is not part of the total presented at the end of this appendix as it is included in Appendix III.
II Before January 17, 1855 3 Unreported Crescent City Herald, January 17, 1855, 2
III Before January 18, 1855 7+ “at the mouth of Redwood creek, and others at the Lagoon” Crescent City Herald, January 31, 1855, 2
III Before January 19, 1855 5 Smith River SDU, January 19, 1855, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0793.pdf
II February 4, 1855 2 Near “Cappel and Morro ranches” HT, February 10, 1855, 2
III February 5, 1855 20 Morro/Moreo Ranch HT, February 10, 1855, 2; HT, February 17, 1855, 2; Wool to Thomas, April 11, 1855, S. Exec. Doc. 1, Part 2, 34th Cong., 1st and 2nd sessions, 75 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0794c.pdf
III February 5, 1855 6 Cappel Ranch HT, February 10, 1855, 2 and February 17, 1855, 2; Wool to Thomas, April 11, 1855, S. Exec. Doc. 1, Part 2, 34th Cong., 1st and 2nd sessions, 75 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0795c.pdf
I Before March 19, 1855 10 “a large number” Near Weitchpec? Crescent City Herald, March 19, 1855, 2.
II On or about May 21, 1855 1 Near “Camp Wool” Nicht in HT, June 9, 1855, 2
III July 11, 1855 (not clear if the 15 were on the same day) 3 – 15 “Weeott river” HT, July 14, 1855, 2; SDU, August 1, 1855, 2
II Before August 20, 1855 1 – 2 “Mah-to Valley,” Mattole Valley White to Henley, August 20, 1855, NARA, RG 75, M234, 34:685-686
II Before November 8, 1855 2 “near Knight’s, on Big Slough, between this and Eureka” HT, November 8, 1855 in SDU, December 14, 1855, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0317a.jpg
III Before April 5, 1856 5+ “towards the head of Yager Creek” HT, April 5, 1856, 2
II May 5, 1856 1 Smith River region Gilmore to Johnson, May 5, 1856, IWP F3753:284
II May 10, 1856 1 Smith River Kibbe, “Annual Report of the Quarter-Master and Adjutant General,” 10-11 in California, Appendix to Assembly Journals for the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of California http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0324a.pdf
II On or After May 31, 1856 3 Smith River Kibbe, “Annual Report of the Quarter-Master and Adjutant General,” 10-11 in California, Appendix to Assembly Journals for the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of California http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0327a.pdf
III July, 1856 20 – 30 Two villages on or near Smith River Bradford, Biographical Sketches, 48-49 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0819a.pdf
III August 1856 7 “Pine Creek, twenty-seven miles from [Arcata].” Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 207 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0820a.pdf
III September 30, 1856 3  – 15 Near Bald Mountain and Redwood Creek, east of Hempfield’s ranch H.Y.L., October 2, 1856 in HT, October 4, 1856, 2; HT, October 4, 1856, 2, reprinted in SDU, October 14, 1856, 3; Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 208 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0826c.pdf
III Before November 15, 1856 7 Grizzly Bluff, “toward Bear River” HT, November 15, 1856, 2, reprinted in DEB, November 29, 1856, 1
III March 23, 1857 15 “On the Hay Fork of Trinity River” Shasta Republican, April 4, 1857, 2, summarized in SDU, April 8, 1857, 2, DAC, April 9, 1857, 2, and DEB, April 9, 1857, 3. Story retracted three weeks later in Shasta Republican, April 25, 1857, 4 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0833.pdf
II 1858 4 Hyampom, Trinity County Cox, Annals of Trinity County, 129 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0373a.jpg
II 1858 4 Hiampum, Trinity County Cox, Annals of Trinity County, 129 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0411a.jpg
II February 13, 1858 0 – 2 “about three miles from Angel’s Ranch” Zentner in HT, February 13, 1858, 2; DAC, March 3, 1858, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0377.pdf
II May, 1858 4 Eel River Region Loud, “Ethnography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory,” 327 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0387a.pdf
II Before May 29, 1858 1 Eel River Region Loud, “Ethnography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory,” 328 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0391a.pdf
II May 29, 1858 2 “Eel river, a few miles above the mouth” HT, June 12, 1858, 2; DAC, June 16, 1858, 2; DEB, June 22, 1858, 1; SDU, June 24, 1858, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0392.pdf
III Early June 1858 15-20 Mattole Valley HT, June 19, 1858, 2
III Before July 10, 1858 12 Mad River Trinity Journal, ND in HT, July 10, 1858, 2.  The Humboldt Times denied that, “an attack had been made upon the Indians on Mad river when the [Trinity Journal] item was written” (HT, July 10, 1858, 2)
III July 15, 1858 10 – 257 (reportedly including “83 women, and 67 children”) “on Grouse Creek” or “on Upper Grouse Creek” HT, July 17, 1858, 2 in SDU, July 27, 1858, 2 and DAC, July 27, 1858, 1; Yreka Union, July 29, 1858 in DEB, August 4, 1858, 3; DAC, August 5, 1858, 1; Brown, “Indian Wars in Trinity, 1858-1865,” 37 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0854.pdf
III Before July 21, 1858 15 Redwood or Upper Mad River F.E.W., July 20, 1858 in Crescent City Herald, July 28, 1858, 2
III Summer of 1858 40 – 50 Mattole Valley Browne, September 29, 1858, NARA, RG75, M234, Reel 36:436
I August 2, 1858 3 “near the Three Creeks, about two miles from Lack’s trail, leading to… Hoopa Valley” HT, August 7, 1858, 2; DAC, August 20, 1858, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0057b.jpg
II August 2, 1858 1 HT, August 7, 1858, 2; DAC, August 19, 1858, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0396.pdf
II Before August 7, 1858 1 HT, August 7, 1858, 2; DAC, August 19, 1858, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0397.pdf
III October 23 or 26, 1858 8 – 10 Near Pardee’s Ranch (Near Maple Creek) “about eight miles above Mad River” according to Messic HT, October 30, 1858, 2, reprinted in SDU, November 8, 1858, 4; Telegram dated Weaverville, November 1, 1858 in DAC, November 2, 1858, 1; Trinity Journal, November 6, 1858, 1, reprinted in Butte Record, November 13, 1858, 4; Shasta Courier, November 6, 1858, 2; Kibbe to Weller, April 7, 1859 in California, Senate Journal, 1859, 667; Brown, “Indian Wars in Trinity, 1858-1965,” 38 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0859.pdf

 

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III October 25, 1858 8 “Hoopa Valley Indians” located “20 miles from Humboldt” Woodley or Woodly in DEB, November 9, 1858, 2 and DAC, November 10, 1858, 1. NOTE: This likely refers to the killing described below. http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0858.pdf
III November 13-14, 1858 5 – 6 “near Showers’ Pass, in the Yager Creek country.” HT, November 20, 1858, 2, reprinted in SDU, December 2, 1858, 2 and Butte Record, December 4, 1858, 1; Trinity Journal, November 20, 1858, 2, reprinted in Shasta Courier, November 27, 1858, 2; Brown, “Indian Wars in Trinity, 1858-1965,” 38 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0860c.jpg
II Before December 4, 1858 2 On or near “the Van Dusen” HT, December 11, 1858, 2
II Before December 4, 1858 4 HT, December 11, 1858, 2
II December 16 or 17, 1858 1 “near Mad river” Jones in Northern Californian, December 22, 1858, 2 in DAC, January 6, 1858, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0409.pdf
II December 16 or 17, 1858 1 – 3 Near Angel’s Ranch Jones in Northern Californian, December 22, 1858, 2 in DAC, January 6, 1858, 1
III October 1858 to April 4, 1859 75 – 100 Summary of Second Klamath and Humboldt Expedition in Humboldt Region HT, March 26, 1859, 2; Kibbe to Governor Weller, April 7, 1859 in California, Senate Journal, 1859, 667-670 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0879b.pdf
III On or before January 21, 1859 ~20 “about seventeen miles east of Dow’s Prairie” Kibbe in Northern Californian, extra, January 22, 1859 reprinted in Northern Californian, January 26, 1859, 2, SDU, January 27, 1859, 2, DAC, January 28, 1859, 1, and Shasta Courier, February 5, 1859, 3
II January 21 or 22, 1859 1 “on Redwood creek, near Albee’s rancho” SDU, January 27, 1859, 2; Crescent City Herald, February 2, 1859, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0414.pdf
I January 28, 1859 3 “Redwood” Creek HT, February 5, 1859, 2; Brown, “Indians Wars of Trinity, 1858-1865,” 38 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0058b.jpg
III January 28, 1859 15 Near Dow’s Prairie HT, January 29, 1859, 2
III March 26, 1859 ~100 Summary of Second Klamath and Humboldt Expedition HT, March 26, 1859, 2
II May 10, 1859 2 – 3 “in the vicinity of Yager Creek” Hydesville informant in HT, May 14, 1859, 2
II Between May 26 and May 31, 1859 2 North Yager Creek HT, June 4, 1859, 2
III June 1, 1859 7 Near Yager Creek Hardcastle, June 3, 1859 journal entry http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0882a.pdf
II On or before June 5, 1859 0 – 3 On Van Duzen River Hardcastle, June 5, 1859 journal entry, “[Journal of a] March” http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0424a.pdf
III On or before June 5, 1859 5 “redwoods near Yager” Creek, nor far from Fort Humboldt Hardcastle, June 5, 1859 journal entry http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0883a.pdf
I Before June 11, 1859 10 “quite a number” Possibly Yager Creek area HT, June 11, 1859, 2
II Late June or early July, 1859 1 in the vicinity of “Kush-Kish, about 12 miles below Mattole” HT, July 9, 1859, 2, reprinted in DEB, July 11, 1859, 3
II July, 1859 1 Klamath County Northern Californian in DAC, July 13, 1859, 1 and SDU, July 14, 1859, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0429.pdf
II Before July 7, 1859 1 “Kush-Kish, about twelve miles below Mattole” HT, July 7, 1859 in SDU, July 13, 1859, 4 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0430.pdf
III Between September 7 and 10, 1859 7 “on Van Duzen Fork, east of the Redwood” HT, September 17, 1859, 2, reprinted in DAC, September 25, 1859, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0896.pdf
III Last week of September, 1859 25 “near the forks of Eel river” A Stock Raiser, October 1, 1859, in Sonoma County Journal, October 7, 1859, 2; Petaluma Journal, October 1, 1859 in DAC, October 9, 1859, 1
III October 12, 1859 20 About 25 miles north of Round Valley Jarboe in Santa Rosa Democrat in DEB, November 7, 1859, 2
III November 18, 1859 7 “Eel River country” Jarboe to Goodrich, November 28, 1859 in DEB, January 4, 1860, supplement, 2
II Before November 28, 1859 1 Mattole Valley Mat in HT, December 3, 1859, 2
III December 9, 1859 ~30 – 88 On or near “South Eel river” Santa Rosa Democrat, December 20, 1859 in DAC, January 1, 1860, 1; Observer, January 23, 1860 in SDU, February 1, 1860, 4 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0905.pdf
III December 15 or 16, 1859 15 Coast south of Mattole Valley Mat., December 20, 1859 in HT, December 24, 1859, 2
III December 31, 1859 60 South Eel River “A writer to the Santa Rosa Democrat,” summarized in Weekly Humboldt Times, January 21, 1860, 2
III January, 1860 7 – 8 “the house belonging to Isaac Minor on Redwood Creek” Loud, “Ethnogeography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory,” 320 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0913a.pdf
II Before January 18, 1860 3 North fork of Yager Creek Northern Californian in HT, January 21, 1860, 3 and SDU, January 26, 1860, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0440.pdf
III February, 1860 6 Van Duzen River Correspondent, June 1, 1860 in DEB, June 1, 1860, 2, reprinted in SDU, June 4, 1860, 4 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0921.pdf
III February 1860 40 “South fork of Eel River” Rains to Hendricks, April 30, 1860, NARA, RG75, M234, Reel 37:1162 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0683.pdf
III February 26, 1860 80 – 250+ The three Humboldt Bay Massacres at Tuluwat or Indian Island, South Beach, and Eel River Rossiter, February 26, 1860 in DEB, March 2, 1860, 3; Lord in DEB, February 28, 1860, 2; Van Ness in DEB, February 28, 1860, 2; telegram, February 28, 1860 in SDU, February 29, 1860, 2; Van Ness, February 29, 1860 in DEB, March 2, 1860, 3; Hutchings’ California Magazine, April 1860, 477; Northern Californian, February 29, 1860 in SDU, March 15, 1860, 2; Rains to Hendricks, April 30, 1860, NARA, M234, Reel 37:1163-1164; Gunther in Genzoli and Martin, Redwood Cavalcade, 12
III February 29, 1860 26 – 35 At or “above Eagle Prairie on Eel River” HT, March 3, 1860, 2, reprinted in SDU, March 15, 1860, 2; “Eye-Witness” in DEB, March 13, 1860, 3; Raines to Hendricks, April 30, 1860, NARA, M234, 37:1164; Glaucus, March 16, 1860 in New York Times, April 12, 1860, 8
I March 1, 1860 1 “another ranch opposite ‘the Slide’” not far from Eagle Prairie HT, March 3, 1860, 2; SDU, March 15, 1860, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0064b.jpg
I Before March 30, 1860 3 South Eel River ANTI-THUG to Bulletin, March 31, 1860 in Daily Evening Union, April 11, 1860, 3, reprinted in SDU, April 13, 1860, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0065a.jpg
II Before March 30, 1860 2 Eel River ANTI-THUG, March 31, 1860 in Daily Evening Union, April 11, 1860, 3, reprinted in SDU, April 13, 1860, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0443.pdf
II April, 1860 1 Van Duzen River Correspondent, June 1, 1860 in DEB, June 1, 1860, 2, in SDU, June 4, 1860, 4 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0444.pdf
II April 10, 1860 1 Shelter Cove Rollins in HT, April 28, 1860, 3
III Before April 14, 1860 6 Shelter Cove, Southern Humboldt Coast Carlin to Ford, April 14, 1860; Carlin to Mackall, April 25, 1860; Carlin to Hamilton and Oliver, April 25, 1860 in Strobridge, Regulars in the Redwoods, 199-200 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0924a.pdf

 

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II April 26, 1860 1 L—’s ranch on the Van Duzen River in Wiyot Territory Correspondent, June 1, 1860 in DEB, June 1, 1860, 2; Loud, “Ethnogeography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory,” 322 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0448b.pdf
II Before May 9, 1860 2+ “near Big Bend, Mad River” Crescent City Herald, May 9, 1860 in DAC, May 12, 1860, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0450.pdf
III June 2, 1860 12 (including two women) “a short distance above Big Bend, on Mad River” Northern Californian, June 20, 1860 in HT, June 16, 1860, 2, DEB, June 23, 1860, 2 and SDU, June 25, 1860, 4
II Before September 15, 1860 1 Hoopa Valley HT, September 15, 1860, 2; September 29, 1860, 2; DAC, October 10, 1860, 1; SDU, October 12, 1860, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0463.pdf
II September 27, 1860 2 Eureka DAC, October 10, 1860, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0464.pdf
II On or about December 1, 1860 3 Armstrong’s “near the South Eel river settlement” Swift in DAC, December 9, 1860, 1 and in HT, December 29, 1860, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0468.pdf
III On or about December 2, 1860 7+ South Eel River Swift in DAC, December 9, 1860, 1; HT, December 29, 1860, 3
III On or just after December 5, 1860 ~6 Near “Van Dussen Fork” Tracey in HT, December 8, 1860, 3, reprinted in DAC, December 14, 1860, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0931.pdf
II 1860 or 1861 1 On the coast near Bucksport Loud, “Ethnogeography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory,” 335 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0469a.pdf
II 1860 or 1861 1 Duluwat Island in Humboldt Bay Loud, “Ethnogeography and Archaeology of the Wiyot Territory,” 335 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0470a.pdf
II January 8, 1861 4 Yager Creek Region Humboldt Times, January 12, 1861 in DEB, January 17, 1861, 3
III January 28, 1861 13+ “Inqua Ranch, Middle Yager, Bald Hills” HT, February 2, 1861, 3; reprinted in DEB, February 4, 1861, 3; telegram, February 4, 1861 in SDU, February 5, 1861, 2; Shasta Herald, February 16, 1861, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0933.pdf
I Before February 2, 1861 3 South Fork Eel River HT, February 2, 1861, 3
III On or about February 2, 1861 39 “on main Eel river, above the crossing of the old Sonoma trail” HT, February 9, 1861, 3, reprinted in DAC, March 2, 1861, 1, DEB, March 2, 1861, 2 and SDU, March 4, 1861, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0934.pdf
III February 2, 1861 7 Upper Mattole HT, February 9, 1861, 3, reprinted in DAC, March 2, 1861, 1, DEB, March 2, 1861, 2, and SDU, March 4, 1861, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0935.pdf
II Before February 23, 1861 4 “in the redwoods near North Yager Creek” HT, February 23, 1861, 3, reprinted in DEB, March 2, 1861, 2, and DAC, March 2, 1861, 1
II Before February 23, 1861 2 Near Kentishou Valley, near Hydesville Hydesville correspondent to HT, February 23, 1861, 2, reprinted in DEB, March 2, 1861, 2, and DAC, March 2, 1861, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0474.pdf
I Before March 9, 1861 3 In or near Matole Valley Goff in HT, March 9, 1861; DAC, March 20, 1861, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0068b.jpg
III March, April or May 1861 10 “above Big Bend, Mad River” Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 177-178 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0936a.pdf
III Early April 1861 20 – 25 Upper Mad River/ Van Duzen River WOR, 1:50:1, 18 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0937a.pdf
III April 14, 1861 15 – 20 Near Mad River, about 20 miles from Neil’s Ranch Collins to Lovell, April 15, 1861 in HT, April 20, 1861, 2
III April 15, 1861 5+ Near Mad River, about 20 miles from Neil’s Ranch Collins to Lovell, April 15, 1861 in HT, April 20, 1861, 2
III April 19, to May 9, 1861 15 2 incidents in Larabee creek region WOR, 1:50:1, 12; HT, May 11, 1861, 2 reprinted in DAC, May 17, 1861, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0940.pdf

 

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III May 14, 1861 6 – 14+ “on Boulder Creek, about seven miles from Blue Slide” on Mad River HT, May 18, 1861, 3 reprinted in SDU, May 29, 1861, 2; Strobridge, Regulars in the Redwoods, 241 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0941.pdf

 

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III May 1861 8 – 18 Larrabee Creek (Main Eel River) HT, May 18, 1861, 3; WOR, 1:50:1, 18 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0942b.pdf
II Before May 20, 1861 1 Eel River May 20, 1861 telegram in SDU, May 21, 1861, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0477.pdf
III May 23, 1861 10 “between the head of Larabee’s Creek and Main Eel River” WOR, 1:50:1, 18-19 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0943a.pdf
III Before May 25, 1861 15 South Fork Eel River HT, May 25, 1861, 2, reprinted in DEB, May 29, 1861, 2
II May 26, 1861 4 Larabee Creek region WOR 1:50:1, 18-19 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0478a.pdf
III May 28, 1861 8 A South Fork Eel River village “about one mile above its mouth” WOR, 1:50:1, 19-21 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0945a.pdf
III May 30, 1861 25+ Keatuck (or Kentuck) Creek; Main Eel River Correspondent in HT, June 15, 1861, 3 reprinted in SDU, June 22, 1861, 2 and DEB, June 19, 1861, 3; Starer in HT, June 8, 1861, 2; WOR, 1:50:1, 18-19; San Francisco Herald, June 20, 1861, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0946c.pdf
III Between May 14, and June 1, 1861 5 – 8 Redwood creek and Mad River area HT, June 1, 1861, 2; Strobridge, Regulars in the Redwoods, 241 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0947b.jpg
III June 2, 1861 20-23 “Larrabee Creek” region Collins to Lovell, June 18, 1861, WOR, 1:50:1, 19; Correspondent in HT, June 15, 1861, 3 reprinted in DEB, June 19, 1861, 3, San Francisco Herald, June 20, 1861, 2 and SDU, June 22, 1861, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0948a.pdf
I Before June 4, 1861 3 Pilot Creek near Hyapom Valley Donnelly in SDU, June 12, 1861, 1; Trinity Journal in Marysville Appeal, June 12, 1861, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0069a.jpg
III June 8, 1861 4 – 7 “Larrabee Creek” region 7: Correspondent to HT, June 15, 1861, 3 reprinted in SDU, June 22, 1861, 2 and DEB, June 19, 1861, 3; WOR, 1:50:1, 19 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0950.pdf

 

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III June 14, 1861 7 Above the mouth of the south fork of Eel River WOR, 1:50:1, 19-21 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0951a.pdf
II June 15 or 16, 1861 1 Grouse Creek, near Arcata Trinity Journal in SDU, July 2, 1861, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0479.pdf
II June 16, 1861 4 Near Kettenshaw valley WOR, 1:50:1, 19. http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0481a.pdf
II June 16, 1861 1 Near Grouse Creek Trinity Journal in Marysville Appeal, July 3, 1861, 3
III June 16, 1861 5 Near Kettenshaw valley WOR, 1:50:1, 19-21 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0952a.pdf
III June 16, 1861 nine to ten South Fork Eel River Region WOR, 1:50:1, 19-21 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0953a.pdf
II June 18, 1861 2 – 4 Shelter Cove San Francisco Herald, June 20, 1861, 2; Letter, June 27, 1861 in Marysville Appeal, July 9, 1861, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0483.pdf
II June 18, 1861 1 Near Kettenshaw Valley Collins to Lovell, June 18, 1861, and Martin to Lovell, June 27, 1861, WOR 1:50:1, 20. http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1064a.pdf
II June 19, 1861 1 Elk River HT, June 22, 1861, 3
I On or after July 2, 1861 5 Shelter Cove, southern Humboldt Biaggi, “Shelter Cove Scalping,” 7-8 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0070a.pdf
III June 17, 1861 6 “a rancheria on the trail leading from Kettenshaw to Round Valley” WOR, 1:50:1, 18-19 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0954a.pdf
II Before July 20, 1861 2 – 3 Long Prairie HT, July 20, 1861, 2
III June 21, 1861 8 Mad River HT, June 29, 1861, 2
III July 21, 1861 12 25 miles up the south fork of the Eel river WOR, 1:50:1, 21 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0957a.pdf
III April 19 to June 22, 1861 117 Summary of Collins’ Larabee Creek region campaign HT, June 22, 1861, 2
II Late July or Early August, 1861 3 Shelter Cove Area HT, July 27, 1861, 2; August 10, 1861, 3
II September, 1861 2 – 3 “Spruce Grove mail station—about forty-five miles from Hydesville” HT, September 28, 1861, 2
I October, 1861, or earlier 3 Eel River Region, Humboldt County USOIA, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1862, 315 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0071a.jpg
II October 10, 1861 2 Larabee Creek HT, October 19, 1861, 3
II October 20, 1861 2 Between Bear River Ridge and Eel River HT, October 26, 1861, 2
III November 17, 1861 ~20 Humboldt Region Humboldt Times Extra, November 18, 1861 in SDU, November 30, 1861, 2; HT, November 23, 1861, 3
III Between November 17 and November 23, 1861 15 Humboldt Region HT, November 23, 1861, 3; HT, November 30, 1861, 2; Tassin, “Con-cow Indians,” 10-11; Hanson to Dole, July 15, 1861, USOIA, Report of the Commissioner, 1861, 150; Potter, “Reminiscences of the early history of northern California and the Indian troubles,” 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0964c.pdf

 

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III From September 9 to December 9, 1861 77– 79+ (including women) Summary of Humboldt Home Guard expedition in Humboldt Region Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 200; Werk in HT, December 21, 1861, 2
III November 9, 1861 34 Summary of Humboldt Home Guard Expedition Werk in HT, November 9, 1861, 2
II December 6, 1861 1 “on the Upper North fork of the Mattole” HT, December 2, 1861, 2
I 1862? 3 Alderpoint Region, Humboldt County Young in Murphey and Young, “Out of the Past,” 358 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0072a.pdf
III February 9, 1862 5 Near Big Bend, Mad River HT, February 15, 1862, 3, reprinted in DEB, February 27, 1862, 3; HT, February 22, 1862 in SDU, March 3, 1862, 8 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0967.pdf
III Before April 3, 1862 17 Eel River/ Fort Seward WOR, 1:50:1, 982 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0970a.pdf
II April 5, 1862 2 1 mile from Fort Anderson Correspondent, in HT, April 12, 1862, 3; SDU, April 16, 1862, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0504.pdf
II April 6, 1862 1 Near Fort Anderson Correspondent in HT, April 12, 1862, 2; WOR, 1:50:1, 53 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0505b.pdf
II April 7, 1862 2 Yager Creek WOR 1:50:1, 86 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0506a.pdf
I After April 9, 1862 10 Blue Lake Nora in Nomland, “Bear River Ethnography,” 105 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0073a.pdf
II Before April 10, 1862 2 Near Cooper’s Mill SDU, April 16, 1862, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0507.pdf
II Before April 10, 1862 2 Humboldt Bay Region HT, April 12, 1862, 2
II Before April 19, 1862 1 Humboldt Bay Region? HT, April 19, 1862, 2; DEB, April 22 1862, 2; SDU, April 24, 1862, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0509.pdf
II April 26, 1862 3 – 4 Larabee Creek WOR, 1:50:1, 55; SDU, May 10, 1862, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0510a.pdf
III April 26, 1862 5 “near Eel river” WOR 1:50:1, 79 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0972a.pdf
III April 26, 1862 15 – 16 South of Fort Baker WOR, 1:50:1, 55; SDU, May 10, 1862, 2; Gelrick, May 4, 1862 in SDU, May 5, 1862, 4 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0974.pdf

 

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III May 14, 1862 6 Angel’s Ranch (Ridge above Korbel) WOR, 1:50:1, 56 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0976a.pdf
II Before May 15, 1862 1 Near Fort Baker WOR 1:50:1, 56. This killing is not included in the total at the bottom of this table because it is included in a summary in Appendix III. http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0511a.pdf
II May 31, 1862 1 Humboldt Military District WOR 1:50:1, 59. This killing is not included in the total at the bottom of this table because it is included in a summary in Appendix III. http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0512a.pdf
II Late May or Early June, 1862 1 Eel River Region WOR 1:50:1, 59. This killing is not included in the total at the bottom of this table because it is included in a summary in Appendix III.
II Between June 8 and June 10, 1862 2 – 3 Daby’s Ferry M., June 10, 1862 in SDU, June 14, 1862, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0514.pdf
II Before June 20, 1862 2 Mattole Valley WOR 1:50:1, 73 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0515a.pdf
III June 7, 1862 6 Mattole Valley WOR, 1:50:1, 59 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0977a.pdf
II July 9, 1862 1 “near the Upper Crossing of Mad River” WOR, 1:50:1, 82-83 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0519a.pdf
II July 28, 1862 2 Near Redwood Creek HT, August 2, 1862, 2; SDU, August 6, 1862, 3; telegram, August 6, 1862 in SDU, August 7, 1862, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0523.pdf
III August 21, 1862 6 Light’s Prairie (5 miles from Arcata) HT, August 23, 1862 in DEB, August 30, 1862, 3; Correspondent, August 31, 1862 in SDU, September 18, 1862, 1; WOR, 1:50:1, 76-77 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0983c.pdf
III August 24, 1862 22 – 40 (including 1 to 6 women) Little River HT, August 23, 1862 in DEB, August 30, 1862, 3; HT, August 30, 1862, 2; Correspondent, August 31, 1862 in SDU, September 18, 1862, 1; Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 396-398 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0984d.pdf
II October 21, 1862 1 Near Hydesville WOR, 1:50:1, 179 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0528a.pdf
II January 10, 1863 2 “on the Iaqua Ranch” HT, January 17, 1863, 2
III Before January 24, 1863 6 –  ~40 At or near Fort Seward Mendocino Herald in HT, January 24, 1863, 2; Letter summarized in HT, January 24, 1863, 2; Young in Murphey and Young, “Out of the Past,” 354 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0987c.pdf
III Before February 17, 1863 23 Near Fort Seward Gear in HT, March 7, 1863, 2, reprinted in SDU, March 16, 1863, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0988.pdf
III Before March 22, 1863 12+ North Fork of Eel River near Kitten Valley WOR, 1:50:1, 194 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0991a.pdf
III ~March 23, 1863 9 North Fork of Eel River WOR, 1:50:1, 195 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0992a.pdf
II Before April 1, 1863 1 Near “North Fork of Eel River” WOR 1:50:1, 194 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0534a.pdf
III Before April 11, 1863 30 – 38 Near Big Bend, North Fork Eel River HT, April 11, 1862, 2, reprinted in SDU, April 15, 1863, 3; Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 409 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0997.pdf

 

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II May 9, 1863 4 Near Shelter Cove WOR, 1:50:1, 189, 196 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0536a.pdf
I June, 1863? 3 “above Big Bend, Mad River” Geer, “Captain Knyphausen Geer,” 16 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0076a.jpg
II After June 1863 massacre of 15 above Fort Baker 3 “Low Gap” in the Van Duzen basin Geer, “Captain Knyphausen Geer,” 16 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0542a.jpg
II June 16, 1863 1 “Hiamboon, Trinity county” Telegram, June 19, 1863 in SDU, June 20, 1863, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0544.pdf
III July 8, 1863 6 On Redwood Creek in Humboldt County HT, July 11, 1863, 2; HT, July 18, 1863, 2; Letter, July 25, 1863 in Beith, “Beith Letterbook,” 201 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1003c.pdf
II Before July 11, 1863 3 Humboldt Military District HT, July 11, 1863, 3
II Before July 11, 1863 1 Humboldt Military District HT, July 11, 1863, 3
III July 23, 1863 6 On Grouse Creek HT, August 1, 1863, 3
II Before July 3, 1863 4 Humboldt Military District HT, July 4, 1863, 3
II Before September 4, 1863 1 Fort Gaston Neely in HT, September 12, 1863, 2; SDU, September 26, 1863, 4
III Before September 12, 1863 10 “North Eel river” Eberle, September 12, 1863 in Mendocino Herald, September 18, 1863, 3 reprinted in Marysville Appeal, September 26, 1863, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1008.pdf
II Before September 19, 1863 1 Humboldt Military District WOR 1:50:1, 238 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0559a.pdf
II Before October 30, 1863 1 Smith River Reservation WOR, 1:50:2, 661 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0563a.pdf
II December 25, 26, 27, 1863 2+ Christmas Prairie between Arcata and Trinity River. Near Bald Mountain on Redwood Creek, 5 miles east of Angel’s Ranch HT, January 2, 1864, 3. Note: this may have been a mass killing of larger proportions.
II January 26, 1864 3 “near Jonathon Lyon’s farm,” Humboldt Military District HT, February 6, 1864, 2
III February 2, 1864 13 – 14 White Thorn Valley Rancherias, Upper Mattole HT, February 20, 1864, 3; Orton, California Men, 830; Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 254 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1010b.pdf

 

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II February 29, 1864 3 “ridge between Mad river and Redwood Creek, not far from the point known as Snyder’s ranch” WOR 1:50:1, 287; HT, March 12, 1864, 2 in Bancroft Scraps, 36:126 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0573a.pdf

 

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I March 12, 1864 8 “at the mouth of the Klamath” Guidon, March 29, 1864 in DAC, April 19, 1864, 1 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0079a.jpg
II After March 17, 1864 2 Fort Gaston Call in Weekly Trinity Journal, April 16, 1864, 2; Guidon in DAC, August 28, 1864(?) in Bancroft Scraps, 36:128 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0574b.pdf
II March 19, 1864 2 Eel River WOR, 1:50:1, 257 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0575a.pdf
II March 22, 1864 2 Bald Spring Canyon, Eel River Region WOR, 1:50:1, 257 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0576a.pdf
III March 27, 1864 5 Eel River Region WOR, 1:50:1, 257 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1011a.pdf
III March 28, 1864 16 On Eel River WOR, 1:50:1, 257 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1012a.pdf
III Before April 16, 1864 25 – 26 “North Fork of Eel River” HT, April 16, 1864 2, reprinted in SDU, April 29, 1864, 2 and DEB, April 30, 1864, 5; Bledsoe, Indian Wars, 256; Orton, California Men, 421 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1013b.pdf

 

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III April 28, 1864 8 “Big Bend, on Eel River” WOR, 1:50:1, 260 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1014a.pdf
III May 2, 1864 6 – 9 Booth’s Run, Lawrence Creek near Iaqua WOR, 1:50:1, 254; WOR, 1:50:1, 291; HT, May 7, 1864, 2; SDU, May 18, 1864, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1015a.pdf

 

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II May 28, 1864 2 Beach near South Fork of Mattole River WOR, 1:50:1, 299; HT, June 4, 1864, 3 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0579a.pdf
II July 11, 1864 1 “the trail between Bull creek and Rainbow ridge” HT, July 23, 1864, 3
II August 16, 1864 4 HT, September 3, 1864, 3
II Before September 17, 1864 3 Multiple incidents in Mattole territory HT, September 17, 1864, 2
II Before September 17, 1864 3 Mattole Region HT, September 17, 1864, 2
II December 4, 1865 1 Arcata Humboldt Journal, December 7, 1865 in HT, December 9, 1865, 3
II November 28, 1866 1 Weitchpec HT, December 15, 1866, 2
II Before March 18, 1868 1 “on the opposite side of the river from” Fort Gaston Trinity Journal in Red Bluff Independent, March 18, 1868, 2; Whiting to Taylor, October 10, 1868 in USOIA, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1868, 126 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0631a.jpg

 

 

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III November 26, 1868 6 – 19 “at a point on Laribee Creek about eight miles south of [Silas] Hoagland’s….on the Van Duzen” River Correspondent, November 29, 1868 in HT, December 5, 1868, 3, reprinted in DAC, December 8, 1868, 1; Red Bluff Independent, December 10, 1868, 2; Trinity Journal, December 5, 1868, 2, reprinted in Chico Weekly Courant, December 11, 1868, 3; Anonymous in Mello, Trinity, 26-27; Shasta Courier, December 5, 1868, 2 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i1048.pdf
III Early January, 1869 8 Near Larabee Creek HT, January 9, 1869, 3
I March 1869 1 Larabee Creek HT, April 10, 1869, 3
II March 26, 1869 1 The house of T.B. Ward, about three miles from Camp Grant on Eel River March 27, 1869 letter in Sonoma Democrat, April 1, 1869 in Sentinel, April 10, 1869, 2
II On or after March 26, 1869 2 The house of David Ward, near Camp Grant March 27, 1869 letter in Sonoma Democrat, April 1, 1869 in Sentinel, April 10, 1869, 2
II Between July 20 and September 5, 1869 1 Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation Spalding to Parker, September 5, 1869 in USOIA, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1869, 190 http://nahc.ca.gov/webmaster/atlas/evidence/i0640a.jpg

 

TOTAL ESTIMATED NUMBER KILLED IN REGION: 2,278-3,816

*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.

For full bibliographical references please refer to the text or Atlas credits & references

Abbreviations used in timeline:

CSA: California State Archives, Sacramento

DAC: Daily Alta Californian newspaper (San Francisco)

DEB: Daily Evening Bulletin newspaper (San Francisco)

HL: Huntington Library

HT: Humboldt Times

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

NARA: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

RG75, M234: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, “Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80”

SDU Sacramento Daily Union newspaper

USOIA U.S. Office of Indian Affairs

WOR U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 4 series, 130 volumes. Series 1, volume 50, part 1 [WOR 1:50:1], etc.

 

For full bibliographical references please refer to the text or Atlas credits & references