Indian Removal Era Begins 1828-1849

1846

Sutter Buttes massacre of Patwin Tribe (California)

Sutter Buttes. Image: Hausback, B.P., Muffler, L.J.P., and Clynne, M.A.
Sutter Buttes. Image: Hausback, B.P., Muffler, L.J.P., and Clynne, M.A.

Several Patwin people living in a rancheria near the Sacramento River are murdered by Captain Freemont's men (“List of Indian massacres”).

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