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The Temecula massacre took place in December 1846 east of present-day Temecula, California, United States. It was part of a series of related events in the Mexican–American War. A combined force of Californio militia and Cahuilla Indians attacked and killed an estimated 33 to 40 Luiseño Indians.
The band of Apaches were defeated by 54 men of Company I, 5th California Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Lieutenant Henry H. Stevens. [1] The skirmish lasted about an hour until the Apache fled. The Apache lost 10 killed and 20 wounded. The Californians lost 1 missing and 5 wounded according to official records. [2]
The California genocide was a series of genocidal massacres of the indigenous peoples of California by United States soldiers and settlers during the 19th century. It began following the American conquest of California in the Mexican–American War and the subsequent influx of American settlers to the region as a result of the California gold rush.
At least 4,500 California Indians were killed between 1849 and 1870, while many more were weakened and perished due to disease and starvation. [108] 10,000 Indians were also kidnapped and sold as slaves. [109] In a speech before representatives of Native American peoples in June 2019, California governor Gavin Newsom apologized for the genocide ...
A posse of 25 California settlers killed 45 Konkow Indians on their reservation in Round Valley, California. 45 [246] 1862: August–September: Dakota War of 1862: Minnesota: As part of the U.S.-Dakota War, the Sioux killed as many as 800 white settlers and soldiers throughout Minnesota. Some 40,000 white settlers fled their homes on the ...
The Apache Wars were sparked when American troops erroneously accused Apache leader Cochise and his tribe of kidnapping a young boy during a raid. Cochise professed truthfully that his tribe had not kidnapped the boy and offered to try and find him for the Americans, but the commander refused to believe him and instead took Cochise and his ...
The California Indian Wars were a series of wars, battles, ... May 15, 1850, 200 Pomo people killed by a U. S. Army detachment under Nathaniel Lyon, ...
Around mid-morning, about six miles from Wickenburg, the stagecoach was allegedly attacked by 15 Yavapai warriors, who were sometimes mistakenly called Apache-Mohaves, from the Date Creek Reservation. [1] [2] Six men, including the driver, were shot and killed.