Chiefs and challengers
Subtitle: Indian resistance and cooperation in southern California, 1769-1906
By: George Harwood Phillips
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780806144900
Subjects: Indians of North America; History; Government relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-417) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Coming to terms; title: A political people; title: Crucible; title: New leadership; title: Chiefs and rancheros; title: Uprising; title: Military justice; title: Repercussions; title: Chiefs, subagents, and army officers; title: Vying for chieftainship; title: Chiefs, squatters, and Indian agents; title: Village captains under pressure; title: Civil justice; title: Ramifications; title: End of chieftainship; title: Conclusion: Closing the circle.