(Doctº en inglés) DISTURBANCES BETWEEN INDIANS & WHITES alarmingly frequent in the district; from particular observation of Indian affairs, inclined to believe the Indians do not by themselves cause disturbances — in most cases the whites are the originators & aggressors; the weakness & inoffensive condition of the Indians, of small physical strength, means they can only fight with wiles & traps; when Indians have committed a cruelty it was in revenge; whites working in the vicinity kill & scalp every Indian they meet; an Indian agent is important & only with prudence & gifts can accomplish anything; latterly made a small outlay in gifts; constant disturbances, assassinations on one side & massacres on the other — ⭐ a rare pro-Indian assessment of frontier violence by Sutter
| Date | 1849-04-30 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | J.A. Sutter (Sub-Agente de indios) |
| To | Gen. E.R.F. Smith |
| Place | Sacramento |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 294 |
| Scan leaf | n295–296 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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J.A. Sutter (Sub-Agente de indios) to Gen. E.R.F. Smith, Sacramento, 1849-04-30, Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Unbound, —, Archives of California, C-A 63, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca63/ca63-d422.html