Explore 11 sources below to analyze key source documents, supporting images, and maps.
Source A
“Horrible Slaughter of Indians,” in The Daily Alta California, May 1850
Source B
Survivor's Account: Sally Bell (Sinkyone), Massacre at Needle Rock, circa 1850
Source C
California Governor Peter Burnett’s State of the State address, January 1851
Source D
Congressional debate transcript, remarks by Senator John Weller, August 1852
Source E
California Expenditures for Military Expeditions Against Indians, 1850–1852
Source F
“Hunting Indians,” The Red Bluff Beacon, April 1859
Source G
“Horrible Massacre of Indians at Humboldt Bay,” The Placer Herald, March 1860
Source H
“Apprenticing Indians,” The Sacramento Daily Union, July 1860
Source I
Act for the Payment of Expenses From the Suppression of Indian Hostilities, 1861
Source J
“Kidnapping Indians,” The Nevada Democrat, April 1862
Source K
Survivor's Account: Lucy Young (Wailaki), Summer 1862