MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2015046975
003 DLC
005 20151203091535.0
008 151127s2016 cau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015046975
020 $a9781935807155 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781935807162 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ca
050 00 $aE78.C15$bS564 2016
082 00 $a979.4/3204$223
100 1 $aShover, Michele,$eauthor.
245 10 $aCalifornia standoff :$bminers, Indians and farmers at war, 1850-1860 /$cMichele Shover.
263 $a1601
264 1 $aChico, California :$bStansbury Publishing,$c[2016]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction to the people and places -- "Big times" at Bidwell's Rancho: the Indian Treaties of 1851-1852 -- Defeat of the Treaty -- Bidwell under siege and in pursuit -- The Butte Creeks become Mill Creeks -- The settlers avenge the new Mill Creeks -- Kibbe's 1859 Pit River expedition, the Butte Creek flank -- Child killings in Civil War politics -- Harassing "Rebs," the Indian soldiers' pastime -- New child killings imperil Indians at Rancho Chico -- John Bidwell outfoxes soldiers, bureaucrats and settlers -- The death trail -- Retribution on Mill Creek -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Appendices -- A. Treaty at Rio Chico, 1851 -- B. Letter from John Bidwell to Joseph McCorkle -- A note on confusion in accounts -- Indian vulnerability and resistance to malaria -- E. The Kroeber version -- F. Iowa's Sutherland boys in Butte County gold mines, town jobs and Indian pursuits.
520 $a"In Northern California's 'Indian Wars,' victory eluded settlers and Indians between 1850 and 1860 for reasons Standoff explores that are unique to that area"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$zCalifornia$xWars$y1815-1875.
650 0 $aMaidu Indians$xWars.
650 0 $aMill Creek Indians$xWars.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$zCalifornia$zButte County$xHistory.
600 10 $aBidwell, John,$d1819-1900$xRelations with Indians.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zCalifornia$zButte County.
651 0 $aButte County (Calif.)$xHistory$y19th century.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aShover, Michele, author.$tCalifornia standoff$dChico, California : Stansbury Publishing, [2016]$z9781935807179$w(DLC) 2015047466