Exterminate them
Subtitle: written accounts of the murder, rape, and slavery of Native Americans during the California gold rush, 1848-1868
By: edited by Clifford E. Trafzer and Joel R. Hyer.
Contributors: Trafzer, Clifford E.; Hyer, Joel R.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Indians, Treatment of -- California -- History.; Indians, Treatment of -- California -- History -- Sources.; Indians of North America -- Crimes against -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Social aspects.
Description: "Popular media depict miners as a rough and tumble lot who digently 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 murders, rapes, and enslavements perpetrated by those who participated in the infamous Gold Rush."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162) and index.