Gold Rush Native American - The Gold Rush Crushed Native Americans How The Us Whitewashed History. Violent attacks against native americans were often supported and funded by new state governments. Food supplies become more available following the gold rush. Marshall, overseeing the construction of a sawmill at sutter's mill in the territory of california, literally struck gold. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy & safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators. As for california's native people, one hundred and twenty thousand native americans died of disease, starvation and homicide during the gold rush.
Miners usually did not recognize the hard work and determination the native americans put out for them. In january 1848, james marshall, a carpenter, was building a sawmill for swiss immigrant and pioneer john sutter at sutter's fort, a trade and agricultural colony, when he spotted something shiny in the american river. On january 24, 1848, james wilson marshall, a carpenter originally from new jersey, found flakes of gold in the american river at the base of the sierra nevada mountains near coloma, california. The area used to be populated by the upland takelmas native american tribe. In 1848, the indigenous population of california was estimated at around 150,000.
