Mendocino Indian Reservation

Mendocino Indian Reservation, a former

History

The area of the reservation was home to Native Americans, most of whom belonged to the Pomo tribe. They were hunter-gatherers who lived along the northern coast of California. In 1855 an exploration party from the Bureau of Indian Affairs visited the area looking for a site on which to establish a reservation and, in the spring of 1856, the Mendocino Indian Reservation was established at Noyo.^[1]

(Redwood) and others lived on this reservation.

In the summer of 1857,

was June 11, 1857. Its purpose was to maintain order on the reservation, and subjugate the Indians and reservation lands.

In January 1859 Gibson and Company M, 3rd Regiment of Artillery left Fort Bragg to be replaced by Company D, 6th Infantry Regiment. They stayed for two years and continued to build up the post.

Following the 1858–1859 Wintoon War, the defeated Whilkut people were sent to the Mendocino Indian Reservation. Over the next year they deserted the reservation to return to their homeland in the Bald Hills and the escalating hostilities of the Bald Hills War.^[2]

In June 1862, federal troops had been withdrawn to the East to fight in the

. In October the Fort Bragg garrison was loaded aboard the steamer "Panama" and completed the evacuation and abandonment of Mendocino County's first military post.

The Mendocino Indian Reservation was discontinued in March 1866 and the land opened for settlement three years later.^[1]

See also

• Sebastian Indian Reservation
• Nome Cult Farm
• Smith River Reservation
• Tule River Farm

References

External links

• Mendocino Indian Reservation (California) from www.familysearch.org.
• 1869 map of Mendocino Indian Reservation