The Story Of The Gold Rush

The summer of 1848, the Gold Rush days. Miners have heard of the riches that await in the valleys of Northern California. They have dropped everything and traveled to California in hopes of finding gold. When they arrived, they were not alone, already living there were Native Americans. The miners believed the Native Americans wanted to steal their rewards, so they killed them to get them out of the way. They didn’t care about them, all they wanted was to get rid of them. As Serra states, "It is a horrible story he recounts, one still not widely known in the state--a story of vigilante groups marching out from Yreka and other mining towns, flying banners that clearly announced their purpose: exterminate; of local governments paying 50-cent