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California Bond for the Indian War Indebtedness, 1852, $250

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California Bond for the Indian War Indebtedness, 1852, $250
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Number 155 in 1854. Cancelled. Issued to, perhaps, J. C. Johnson. Signed by James Bell comptroller and ER McMeans treasurer. Nice John Bigler (Governor) signature on reverse. Bell and McMeans were senators from El Dorado County and McMeans was a veteran of the War with Texas and died in Nevada in 1876. Johnson, namesake of Johnson Pass over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, was a Norwegian who carried the mails over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1857. Two hole punches. One hole at left vertical fold. Small stain bottom right.

This bond was issued in what is known as the Genocide of the Native American population. Today, many look it as a way for the state to pay for the war against the Native American population which dropped from an estimated 150.000 in 1846 to 30,000 in 1873.Although much of this reduction in population can be attributed to disease which the Native Americans had no defense for, much of it was caused by deliberate and violent attack. [An American Genocide by Madley , introduction by Jinx] Funny three of the four vignettes show Native Americans. State: California City: Date: 1852 HWAC# 85231