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White Leaders Predict the Disappearance of Mexicans and Native Americans in California
With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the United States gained over half a million square miles of new lands in the Southwest. However, American settlers who traveled west to settle the land were not moving into unoccupied territory. [...]
Tags: Manifest Destiny, Native Americans
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Early Accounts of Indians in the California Gold Rush
Newspaper reports, letters, and guidebooks from the early days of the Gold Rush clearly indicate the presence of Native Americans working as miners. Reports from 1848 and early 1849 estimate there were about twice as many Indian miners as white [...]
Tags: Gold Rush, Native Americans
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)