Reservation Era Begins 1850-1878
1860
Wiyot Indian Island Massacre (California)
White settlers commit three back-to-back attacks on the Wiyot in California, killing between 80 and 250 Wiyot in Humboldt County, California. Bret Harte of the Arcata Newspaper reported that the majority massacred were women, children, and elders (“List of Indian massacres”).