03099nam 2200637 a 450 991082717380332120240416204636.00-87013-961-40-585-18818-1(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 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. Hyer1st ed.East 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 aspectsIndians, Treatment ofHistory.Indians, Treatment ofHistoryIndians of North AmericaCrimes against323.1/1970794/09034323.1197079409034Trafzer Clifford E860829Hyer Joel R1702276MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827173803321Exterminate them4086696UNINA