"Following unspecified Indian-white conflicts during 1851-1852, Del Norte settlers attacked and burned the northernmost (Tolowa) village of Howonquet in 1853. About 70 people were killed. A well-remembered massacre occurred in the late fall of that year, at the (Tolowa) village of Yontocket on Lake Earl, north of Crescent City. During a winter dance, probably a ten-day World Renewal Dance, an armed contingent of Crescent City settlers attacked, killing a large number of dance participants, and burning the village to the ground." Excerpt from Understanding Tolowa History (1)
	"After the Gold Rush of 1849 the Yurok and their neighbors were invaded by tens of thousands of gold prospectors. These were soon followed by white settlers and entreprenuers and drifters of every sort. Between 1851 and 1910 Yurok population declined from roughly 2,500 people to 610, three out of every four people..." Excerpt from World Renewal (2)
"The steamers City of Chester and Humboldt happened to be in Humboldt Bay, so the next day (Feb. 5, 1885) three hundred Chinese were herded onto the ships for transport to San Francisco. Groups of white men scoured Eureka searching out Chinese who had not appeared at the C Street wharf for loading onto the steamers. On February 7, the citizens of Arcata rounded up all the Chinese to be found and arranged transport for them as well. Ferndale and Crescent City soon followed suit. A few Chinese remained at outlying truck gardens, but by 1888 the citizens of Humboldt County declared their county free of Chinese with the one known exception of Charlie Moon... Charlie had married an Indian woman, and was well-liked in the area... Some of his descendants live in Hoopa to this day, and are proud of their ancestor and namesake." Excerpt from The Quiet Rebellion (3)
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