Walter S. Jarboe (c. 1829 – March 12, 1865)[1] was an American militia leader and perpetrator of massacres against the Yuki people during the California genocide.
[4][5][6] An early settler to California after the Mexican–American War, Jarboe petitioned Governor John B. Weller to eradicate the Yukis of Mendocino County.
[7][8] Weller gave Jarboe official[7][8] permission to launch an eradication campaign, after United States Army officers refused.
[9] With Governor Weller's permission, Jarboe established the Eel River Rangers in Mendocino to harass and murder local Yukis in July 1859.
[7][10] Jarboe wrote to Governor Weller, "However cruel it may be ... nothing short of extermination will suffice to rid the Country of [the Yuki].