This paper will discuss the demise of the Californian Indians that populated much of the territory before the white men came in to the country. The issues that will be explored in this paper will deal with certain tribes and how they were exterminated from the Californian coast because of land problems (dealing with gold), technology, cultural weaknesses and other sources of man-made manifest destiny (such as warfare) that Americans took out on these tribes. By understanding the scope of history that surrounds the fall of the Indian tribes of California, we can see hoe they were cajoled into accepting an inferior rank to the white settlers that slowly, but surely, removed them from the land that was once theirs. 11 pgs. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
