Indians of Southern California, 1868 August 8

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Summary

Title:
Indians of Southern California report
Dates:
1868 August 8
Creators:
Wilson, Benjamin Davis
Extent:
1.0 folder
Language:
Preferred citation:

Indians of Southern California report, 1868 August 8, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.1290.

Background

Scope and content:

Photocopy of the original report printed in the Los Angeles Star, volume XIV, August 8, 1868 issue.

Report is written by the Honorable Benjamin D. Wilson to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs. The report includes topics regarding land rights and land titles for Southern California Indians.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) of Tennessee came to California in 1841, married into the prominent Yorba family, and acquired a vast property, including a ranch that encompassed the site of modern Riverside. He was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1851 and was named sub-agent for Indian Affairs for Southern California not long after. The Indians of southern California in 1852 prints a report Wilson prepared in collaboration with Benjamin Hayes after being named a federal Indian agent. The document identifies two major problems: the security of ranches and settlements from Indian raids and the plight of the mission Indians. He recommends a reservation system as the solution to both. John Walton Caughey's introduction provides useful background, supplemented by his appendix of "Contemporary Comment."

Processing information:

Processing completed by Anna Liza Posas 2011. Processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Anna Liza Posas
Date Prepared:
2011 October 28
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-05-01T15:21-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Material in public domain, some use fees may apply. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Autry Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry National Center as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Indians of Southern California report, 1868 August 8, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.1290.

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
rroom@theautry.org
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