Date

Citation – Primary Source

Event / Description

01/15/1848

“Sir.” California Star, January 15, 1848: p. 4, col. 2.

Editorial on subject of Indian relations. Recommends apprenticeship; published first in The Californian.

01/29/1848

“[For the California Star — Mr. Editor.]” California Star, January 29, 1848: p. 3, col. 2.

For the California Star — Mr. Editor. Discusses “enslavement” of Indians through apprenticeship.

02/26/1848

“[Cal. Star’s Sonoma Correspondent. Mr. Editor.]” California Star, February 26, 1848: p. 2, col. 3.

Cal. Star’s Sonoma Correspondent. Mr. Editor. Pacific’s response to Humanitas letter.; “[Cal. Star’s Sonoma Correspondent. Mr. Editor.]”

03/11/1848

“[Cal. Star’s Sonoma Correspondence. Mr. Editor.]”
“Humanitas” (Correspondent); “Pacific” (Correspondent); Sonoma; California Star, March 11, 1848.

Cal. Star’s Sonoma Correspondence. Mr. Editor. Discusses “unfitness of Americans to have any intercourse with, or any control over Indians.”

03/15/1848

“Slavery in California.” The Californian, March 15, 1848: p.2, cols.1-2.

Slavery

04/01/1848

“Fork or Kings Lake.” California Star, April 1, 1848: p. 4, col. 4. California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.

“The Indians inhabiting that region [San Joaquin] are the only obstacle to immediate settlement.”

04/01/1848

“Clear Lake.” California Star, April 1, 1848: p. 5, col. 3. California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.

“The valley around this lake is thought to be abundantly sufficient to supply, at least, ten thousand inhabitants; at present unoccupied, except by Indians, who are entirely inoffensive, and would, if properly treated, perform much of the labor of opening farms.”

08/14/1848

“Glorious News. Ratification of the Treaty of Peace. End of the War.” The Californian, August 14, 1848: p.2, cols.1-2.

Mentions that before settlers arrived in California, Indians didn’t know the value of gold; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

8/14/1848

“The Gold Mine.” The Californian, August 14, 1848: p.2, cols.1-2. California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.

Describes gold discovery at the saw mill on the American Fork of the Sacramento; reports “There are now about four thousand white persons, besides a number of Indians engaged in the mines, and from the fact that no capital is required, they are working in companies on equal shares or alone with their basket.”

11/18/1848

“From the Placer – Indian Outrage. California Star and Californian, November 18, 1848: p. 2, col. 4. California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.

“The Indian perpetrators…are a of a numerous tribe highly incensed against the whites, particularly against the emigrants late from Oregon, having received injuries from the later not long since…”

12/19/1848

H.W. Halleck to M.G. Vallejo, December 19, 1848, Sen. Ex. Docs., 31 Cong., 1 Sess., Vol. 9, Doc. 18, 658 (557).

Letter to Gen. M.G. Vallejo, Sub-Indian Agent, instructing him on how to deal with the Indians around Clear Lake.