![]() ![]() The U.S government negotiated treaties with tribes, promising many benefits in exchange for the homelands, but none were ever honored, and the Native Americans were left landless and homeless. As gold fever wore off, these intruders began appropriating more lands for timber, agricultural and commercial ventures, particularly railroading. When gold was discovered in 1848, many foreigners swarmed into Concow territory, and the Indians had to get out of the way. Many strange diseases were introduced and along with the many killings and massacres of Indian villages, the California Indians declined from 310,000 to 20,000 during the years 1700 to 1900. Trapping greatly increased in the 1820’s and 1830’s. ![]() However, the earliest recorded Concow contact was with Gabriel Moraga in 1800. ![]() There is a persistent story of a Spanish document, dated 1542 or 1559, being found in the hollow of an oak tree on the Middle Fork. Earliest contact with Europeans would have occurred during the twenty years while California was part of the Spanish holding and fur trappers constantly explored the Northstate’s waterways. ![]()
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