Summary Of Genocide And Isolation By Jerry Rohde

In his article “Genocide and Extortion,” Jerry Rohde argues that the most frequently asked question about the Indian Island massacres is not the most important. What the most important question is, is “Why?” Many men, women, and children were killed over time during the Indian Island Massacres. The white men rampaged their camps slaughtering people and taking their belongings. Some hid and survived while others were murdered in front of their family and friends. The bodies were taken and buried all around the island and Eureka. Many of the white people took advantage of the Indians. They would take their land and give them nothing in return. There was only one white man on record to give back to the indians. His name was William Carson. Carson traded a Wiyot man a sack of flour, an old musket, powder, and shot for a piece of land he wanted to use for lumber. …show more content…
The Indians pointed out that they did not want to fight by handing over their guns. Although 23 guns were confiscated many Indians did not give back their guns. This lead to an attack on a man named Paul Boynton. After the attack happened General Kibbe went to scout out areas to see if there were more Indians armed with guns. He ended up finding 350 Indians in possession of weapons. All of this scouting would then lead up to an organized group called the Trinity Rangers. The Rangers job was to hunt and kill any Indians they saw, all while they were getting paid large amounts of money by the government. Many more Indians were being killed because of stealing livestock from ranchers. This livestock was one of their only food supplies because of land being used for