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Walter S. Jarboe (c. 1829 – March 12, 1865) [1] was an American militia leader and perpetrator of massacres against the Yuki people during the California genocide. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Round Valley Massacres
The Mendocino War was a conflict between the Yuki (mainly Yuki tribes) and white settlers in Mendocino County, California between July 1859 and January 18, 1860. It was caused by settler intrusion and slave raids on native lands and subsequent native retaliation, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Yuki.
A second instigator of conflict was competition for resources. The new settlers killed deer in large numbers and cut off Yuki access to fields where they had gathered plants and hunted small game. [20] [21] [22] This threatened the Yuki with starvation, and at times Yuki men killed and ate grazing cattle to survive. [23]
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Asbill stayed on to hunt the land and eventually began kidnapping and trafficking Yuki women to be sold to non-Indian men outside of the valley. Asbill sold 35 women in this manner by 1855. [ 9 ]
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[7] In his work, Madley argues that Yuki history constitutes a clear-cut example of genocide. He cites the fact that there is no evidence of any epidemic that would have caused such drastic population decline among the Yuki between 1854 and 1864, other than venereal diseases originating from European settlers. [ 7 ]