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Whatever happened to the Yuki?

Indian historian • 8 (2) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 6-12

By: Miller, Virginia P..

Abstract

This is a harrowing account of the systematically carried out extermination of the Yuki Indians in the Round Valley of Northern California. The Boers could not have done a better job. Estimates of the Yuki population prior to European contact in 1853 were between 2,000 and 12,000, the most recent estimate by Cook (1956) put at 6,880. At the turn of the century only one hundred were alive. What happened? Miller relates the exploits of the Eel River Rangers, who carried out a relentless campaign of genocide against the Yuki. When the company was disbanded in 1860, only 300 Yuki were left in the valley.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

North America

Sub Region

Northwest Coast and California

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Ian Skoggard ; 2001

Field Date

not specified

Coverage Date

1854-1925

Coverage Place

Mendocino County, California, United States

Notes

Virginia P. Miller

Includes bibliographical references (p. 12)

LCCN

sv 88020751

LCSH

Yuki Indians