The Indians of southern California in 1852
Subtitle: the B.D. Wilson report and a selection of contemporary comment.
By: Edited by John Walton Caughey.
Contributors: Caughey, John Walton, 1902-
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: Huntington Library publications
Publisher: Huntington Library
Published: 1952
Place of publication: San Marino, Calif
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Indians of North America -- California.; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.; Indian reservations -- California.
Description: Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) of Tennessee came to California in 1841, married into the prominent Yorba family, and acquired a vast property, including a ranch that encompassed the site of modern Riverside. He was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1851 and was named sub-agent for Indian Affairs for Southern California not long after. The Indians of southern California in 1852 (1952) reprints a report Wilson prepared in collaboration with Benjamin Hayes after being named a federal Indian agent. The document identifies two major problems: the security of ranches and settlements from Indian raids and the plight of the mission Indians. He recommends a reservation system as the solution to both. John Walton Caughey's introduction provides useful background, supplemented by his appendix of "Contemporary Comment."
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
Bibliography: p. 153-154.
The report, prepared in 1852, was published serially in the Los Angeles star, July 18--September 19, 1868.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.