Bloody Island Massacre
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: California
- Date: May 6, 1850
Article abstract: An early conflict with California Indians illustrates Euro-American attitudes.
Summary of Event
Accounts of the Bloody Island Massacre (sometimes called the Clear Lake Massacre), its cause, and its aftermath are few, brief, and inconsistent. The massacre involved killing of perhaps as many as several hundred Pomo Indians in May, 1850, by U.S. Army troops sent to retaliate for the murder of Charles Stone and Andrew Kelsey in December, 1849. Although many different names apply to the indigenous inhabitants of the area, the name “Pomo”...
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