What the records say
- When
- 1853
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 39.83° N, 98.58° W
- Description
- 1853 massacre of Tolowa people in California, USA
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Yontoket massacre
1853 massacre of Tolowa people in California, USA
The Yontocket massacre or Burnt Ranch massacre was an 1853 massacre of Tolowa people at the village of Yontocket, northwestern California.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Yontoket massacre: More than 450 Tolowa people are killed at Yontocket, California, by a citizen militia from Crescent City”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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