Bloody Island Massacre

When

15 May 1850

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

60

Coordinates

39.15° N, 122.89° W

Description

Mass killing of indigenous Californians by US Military

Mass killing of indigenous Californians by the US Military

The Bloody Island Massacre was a mass killing of indigenous Californians by U.S. Dragoons that occurred on what was then an island in Clear Lake, California, on May 15, 1850. It is part of the wider California genocide.

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