Reservations, removal, and reform
Subtitle: the mission Indian agents of southern California, 1878-1903
By: Valerie Sherer Mathes and Phil Brigandi
Contributors: Brigandi, Phil, 1959- author
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780806159997
Subjects: Indian agents; Social conditions; Indians of North America; Government relations; History
Description: "Provides a balanced, comprehensive view of how the actions and attitudes of Indian agents affected the lives of the Mission Indians of Southern California from 1850 to 1903."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Superintendents and special agents, 1850-1877; title: 2. Setting the stage: Samuel S. Lawson, 1878-1883; title: 3. The need for water: John G. McCallum, 1883-1885; title: 4. A brief, bitter tenure: John Shirley Ward, 1885-1887; title: 5. A show of force: Joseph W. Preston, 1887-1889; title: 6. A controversial collector: Horatio Nelson Rust, 1889-1893; title: 7. A troubled tenure: Francisco Estudillo, 1893-1897; title: 8. The continuing struggle: Dr. Lucius A. Wright, 1897-1903; title: Epilogue.