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Jarboe's War [Round Valley] (7 pages)
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Page: of 7
NOV./DEC.19 88
es that comprised the Indians’ food supply.
It was becoming difficult for the natives to
live. Too, some of the white men cruelly
mistreated the Indians, overworking the
men and forcing the Yuki women to live
with them. Most of the natives were perplexed; a few became sullen and angry.
In 1857, William Mantle became the first
white man to be killed, shot by Yukis as he
tried to cross the Eel River. In September
of 1858 John McDaniel was also murdered
by the Indians. (Army reports indicate
those men provoked their own demises;
one, for example, delighted in seeing at
how great a distance he could shoot down
an Indian.)
An early rancher and employee of the
Nome Cult Farm recalled that trouble had
started even earlier. “In one thousand eight
hundred and fifty six,” recalled Dryden Lacock, “the first expedition by the whites
against the Indians was made, and have
continued ever since; these expeditions
were formed by gathering together a few
white men whenever the Indians committed depredations on their stock; there were
so many expeditions that I cannot recollect
the number; the result was that we would
kill, on the average, fifty or sixty Indians on
a trip.” ,
A terrible pattern of persecution and
slaughter was evolving. Late in 1858 a detachment of the 6th U.S. Infantry was ordered to Round Valley, responding to petitions from its residents. Because of bad
weather, commanding officer Major John“Protecting the Settlers” — Treasury Agent J. Ross Browne’s sardonic view. In Mendocino
County between 1856 and 1860 the Indian population was reduced by 70-80%. Despite
Army reports, settlers’ depositions and the findings of a state investigating committee,
Walter Jarboe and his rangers continued to be regarded by some as great Indian fighters.