Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustration ix
4. List of Tables xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Abbreviations xviii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Culture and Family on the Borderland Frontier 14
9. 2. California’s International Frontier, 1819-1846 32
10. 3. "Saved so Much as Possible for Labour:" New Helvetia’s Indian Work Force 55
11. 4. Indians in the Service of Manifest Destiny 72
12. 5. "Conciliate the Inhabitants" Federal Indian Administration during the Mexican War 86
13. 6. A Regional Perspective on Indians in the Gold Rush 100
14. 7. "Extermination or Domestication" The Dilemma of California Indian Policy 125
15. 8. Indian Labor and Population in the 1850s 149
16. 9. "Between Two Grizzlies’ Paws:" Indian Women in the 1850s 169
17. 10. Uncertain Refuge: The Household and Indian Survival in 1860 193
18. Conclusion 211
19. Sources 219
20. Index 237