the Trinity County sheriff. The massacre of this band was in response to the killing of Colonel John Anderson by another band of Wintu. Indian Appropriation Act of March 3, 1852. The Act authorized five Federal military reservations to be made from up to 25,000 acres of Public Domain lands. Sebastian Indian Reservation was established by the first superintendent Edward F. Beale. Col. Thomas J. Henley, the second superintendent, in 1854, established the Nome Lakee Indian Reservation; Nome Cult Farm; Fresno Indian Farm; and Kings River Indian Farm. In the following years the U.S. military, or California Militia volunteer companies of citizens, began rounding up the Indians, driving them to the reservations and keeping them there by force. A Superintendent of Indian Affairs was appointed for California to oversee them. U.S. Senate rejected the 18 treaties negotiated with California native peoples on July 7, 1852 in a secret vote. For the next 50 years the documents remained classified. Also see California Indian Reservations and Cessions. Yontoket Massacre, 1853 massacre of Tolowa people at the village of Yontocket by company of citizens from Crescent City in Klamath County (now Del Norte County, California). Achulet Massacre, an 1854 massacre of more than 65 Tolowa people by settlers of Klamath County, California. Kaibai Creek Massacre, August 17, 1854. 42 Winnemem Wintu men, women and children are killed by a party of white settlers at a village at Kabyai Creek, on the McCloud River. Klamath and Salmon River Indian War, Klamath War or Red Cap War of 1855, against Yuroks and Karuks. Klamath River Massacres (January 22, 1855). Whites in Klamath County, California, commenced a "war of extermination against the Indians", in retaliation for the murder of six settlers and the theft of some cattle. Klamath River Reservation established November 16, 1855, "a strip of territory commencing at the Pacific Ocean and extending one mile in width on each side of the Klamath River, for a distance of 20 miles." Mendocino Indian Reservation established in 1856. It was closed in 1866, its inhabitants moved to Round Valley Reservation. Tule River War of 1856. State Militia fought against the Yokuts in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Tule River Farm established in 1858. Second Pitt River Expedition 1857 1858–1871 Northeast California Indian Wars (1858–71): Local settler parties or Militia companies fought against the Yana and Achomawi people. Spring, 1859 Local settlers raise an expedition for two