El Dorado Indian War

[2] During the summer of 1850, a group of Indians were murdered by miners and settlers in the neighborhood of Johnson’s ranch, an area six miles north of Placerville, California.

In fact, it was believed that the attack had been done in order to provoke the Indians to commit an act out of retaliation and anger.

If the Indians were to retaliate, extreme measures would be taken against them, such as building a permanent military post to monitor and keep them under control.

As a consequence, the miners and settlers complained and wrote a petition to the county and State, pleading for aid against the attacks of the Indians.

They gave the order to break camp and soon after the whole army was searching for Indians in the direction of a town named Fiddletown.

The army set up camp at Johnson’s ranch and they sent small groups of men to pursue the Indians.

The campaign was going to be a failure like the first one, so in order to avoid this, Sheriff William Rogers and his staff tried to compromise with the Indians.