Benjamin D. Wilson, Report on California Indians, 1852

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Indian agents were an important part of the lives of many Native Americans in California after the Mexican-American War. This database is a report filed by one of these agents in the southern part of the territory. Written in 1851 by the mayor of Los Angeles, it outlines the major problems the white settlers were experiencing with the Indians who lived around the local missions. Researchers will find information regarding the lifestyles of these men and women, from the perspective of a politician and rancher. For those wishing to understand the views of many white settlers toward the natives, this can be an interesting database.

Sources Library of Congress. California As I Saw It, 1849-1900. Vol. 51. [database on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Wilson, Benjamin Davis. The Indians of Southern California in 1852. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1952.

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