INDIAN CAMP-BEAR VALLEY, 1860, by Carleton
INDIAN CAMP-BEAR VALLEY, 1860, by Carleton Watkins. A decade after the California Gold Rush, Californias landless and impoverished Indians adopted European cloth garments, and use fabric to cover their primitive dwellings. They lived as outcasts, subject to Euro-American disease, economic exploitation, enslavement, and outright murder. The 1800 population of 200, 000 was reduced to 15, 000 by 1900
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13125712
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45375712
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
