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- ↑ Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year 1867, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1868; p.128
- ↑ Shuter, Edward (February 27, 1874). "The Klamath River Indian Reservation". University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. Letter on page 3 of PDF, page 2 of original report. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ↑ Kimberly A. Johnston-Dodds, BEARING ARCHIVAL WITNESS TO EURO-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AGAINST CALIFORNIA INDIANS, 1847-1866, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, 2009; p.123 citing Weekly Humboldt Times May 19, 1855, p. 2, col. 1
