Like many other Native groups, the Pomo Indians were also attacked and pressured by the U.S. government.
 The Pomo were a part of the relocation known as "Marches to Round Valley" in 1856, which was conducted by the U.S. federal government.
By using bullwhips and guns, white settlers demanded relocation to reservations of the Pomo Indian.
The justification given was that to protect their culture, the Pomo Indians had to be removed from their ancestral land.

During this time period, two settlers named Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone enslaved many Pomo people in order to work as cowboys on their ranch.
They forced the Pomo Indians to work in very intense and unorthodox conditions, and sexually abused the Pomo women.
The Pomo men were forced to work in harsh conditions and were not given any respect by the settlers.
Eventually, the Pomo Indians got sick of the disrespect and horrid practices of Stone and Kelsey, so they rebelled.

The Pomo men set up a sneak attack and killed both Stone and Kelsey.
Because of the deaths of Kelsey and Stone, United States lieutenant J. W. Davidson and captain Nathaniel Lyon sent an army to retaliate against the Pomo people.
This resulted in an event called the Bloody Island Massacre of 1850, in Clear Lake.
This resulted in dozens of Pomo Indians being killed.
Richerson & Richerson stated that before the European conquests there was an estimated 3,000 Pomo Indians that lived at Clear Lake; after all of the death, disease, and killings, there were only about 400 Pomo Indians left.
Like many other Native groups, the Pomo Indians were also attacked and pressured by the U.S. government.  The Pomo were a part of the relocation known as "Marches to Round Valley" in 1856, which was conducted by the U.S. federal government. By using bullwhips and guns, white settlers demanded relocation to reservations of the Pomo Indian. The justification given was that to protect their culture, the Pomo Indians had to be removed from their ancestral land.
During this time period, two settlers named Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone enslaved many Pomo people in order to work as cowboys on their ranch. They forced the Pomo Indians to work in very intense and unorthodox conditions, and sexually abused the Pomo women. The Pomo men were forced to work in harsh conditions and were not given any respect by the settlers. Eventually, the Pomo Indians got sick of the disrespect and horrid practices of Stone and Kelsey, so they rebelled.
The Pomo men set up a sneak attack and killed both Stone and Kelsey. Because of the deaths of Kelsey and Stone, United States lieutenant J. W. Davidson and captain Nathaniel Lyon sent an army to retaliate against the Pomo people. This resulted in an event called the Bloody Island Massacre of 1850, in Clear Lake. This resulted in dozens of Pomo Indians being killed. Richerson & Richerson stated that before the European conquests there was an estimated 3,000 Pomo Indians that lived at Clear Lake; after all of the death, disease, and killings, there were only about 400 Pomo Indians left.
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