03101nam 2200625 a 450 991045542950332120200520144314.00-87013-961-40-585-18818-1(CKB)111004368748244(EBL)1755848(SSID)ssj0000152494(PQKBManifestationID)11177498(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152494(PQKBWorkID)10339594(PQKB)10180323(MiAaPQ)EBC3338156(OCoLC)44958214(MdBmJHUP)muse12651(Au-PeEL)EBL3338156(CaPaEBR)ebr10514546(OCoLC)885123570(EXLCZ)9911100436874824419981113d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExterminate them[electronic resource] written accounts of the murder, rape, and slavery of Native Americans during the California gold rush, 1848-1868 /edited by Clifford E. Trafzer and Joel R. HyerEast Lansing Michigan State University Pressc19991 online resource (204 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-501-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: White American Perceptions of California Indians; Chapter 2: Native American Reaction to the Invasion; Chapter 3: Other Native Resistance; Chapter 4: The Gold Rush and Native Americans of Southern California; Chapter 5: Anglo Depredations Against California Indians; Chapter 6: Indian Relations with the State and Federal Governments; Suggested Reading; Index Popular media depict miners as a rough-and-tumble lot who diligently worked the placers along scenic rushing rivers while living in roaring mining camps in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Trafzer and Hyer destroy this mythic image by offering a collection of original newspaper articles that describe in detail the murder, rape, and enslavement perpetrated by those who participated in the infamous gold rush. ""It is a mercy to the Red Devils,"" wrote an editor of the Chico Courier, ""to exterminate them."" Newspaper accounts of the era depict both the barbarity and the nobility inIndians, Treatment ofCaliforniaHistoryIndians, Treatment ofCaliforniaHistorySourcesIndians of North AmericaCrimes againstCaliforniaCaliforniaGold discoveriesSocial aspectsElectronic books.Indians, Treatment ofHistory.Indians, Treatment ofHistoryIndians of North AmericaCrimes against323.1/1970794/09034Trafzer Clifford E860829Hyer Joel R870301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455429503321Exterminate them1942900UNINA