Talk:Yontoket massacre

California Jack is murdered, this is the inciting incident for the massacre. This makes it very difficult to understand how he participates in the massacre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.240.248.165 (talk) 14:22, 2 February 2020 (UTC)


 * The utilized reference (Lewis, David G. "The Most Persistent Attempt to Exterminate the Tribes, Beginning with the Yontocket Massacre 1853.") clearly states California Jack was murdered before the event, yet the page claims he partook in the massacre.
 * I believe this line is either misattributed, out of place, or just plain incorrect:
 * "California Jack and his men said that they were "well armed and resolved upon the extermination of all Indians"."
 * Regardless it should be fixed or removed. 108.83.2.73 (talk) 17:15, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Peter Hardeman Burnett's Involvement
The page claims "Peter H. Burnett found out where the survivors of the Battery Point Massacre were located". The idea that the 1st governor of CA would be this intimately involved stretches credulity and conflicts with his own book: "Recollections and opinions of an old pioneer. By Peter H. Burnett" https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services//service/gdc/calbk/055.pdf

Here he claims to have moved to Sacramento City "early in December, 1852" where he was elected to the city council and stayed there "in the fall of 1853 and the succeeding winter."

This is during the time the Yontoket massacre took place.

Nowhere in the book does he mention Crescent City, which is over 300 miles away. 108.83.2.73 (talk) 17:58, 5 May 2024 (UTC)