Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . POMO INDIAN BASKETS. 5 At that date these little tribes were scarcely more affected bycivilization than when Columbus discovered the New World. In the early Fifties, American settlers began to push intothe beautiful valleys which had so long been their first they were not molested by the Indians, and it wasonly when unprincipled scoundrels had kidnapped their^jhiil-dren by scores to be sold into slavery and otherwise most out-rageously maltreated them that they rose and killed several oftheir worst enemies. The usual resulfTiappened. The Indianso
Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . POMO INDIAN BASKETS. 5 At that date these little tribes were scarcely more affected bycivilization than when Columbus discovered the New World. In the early Fifties, American settlers began to push intothe beautiful valleys which had so long been their first they were not molested by the Indians, and it wasonly when unprincipled scoundrels had kidnapped their^jhiil-dren by scores to be sold into slavery and otherwise most out-rageously maltreated them that they rose and killed several oftheir worst enemies. The usual resulfTiappened. The Indiansof the Clear Lake region fled to an island which standsamong the marshes at the upper end of the lake, an ancientstronghold of theirs. They were pursued by soldiers and de-. Shi-bu—71 Stitches to the Inch—Life-Size. {.Plate s] feated. The peace then made has never been broken. TheIndians returned to their homes, where they still live. The tribes of northeastern Mendocino county were of a dif-ferent race and more warlike character. Their resistance wasmore stubborn ; and, according to the old settlers, there was aconsiderable period, of frontier warfare. When the Indians ofthat region were conquered they were placed upon the RoundValley Indian reservation, where they now are. The leading tribes of Mendocino county are the Sanelos ofSanel Valley, the Yokaias of Ukiah Valley, the Ballo Kai Pomoof Potter Valley, the Ukis of Round Valley, and the tribes lived about the upper end of Clear Lake ; of these,three are practically consolidated. In Big Valley, west of thelake, were the Kabenapo and the Talanapo. Most of these are
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