 Every year, around the month of February, the Wiyot people would gather for their World Renewal Ceremony on Indian Island, which lasted 7 to 10 days.During this ceremony, the men would leave each night to replenish supplies, leaving women, children, and elders on the island to rest.In the early morning hours of February 26, 1860, local settlers from the nearby town of Eureka descended onto Indian Iasland armed with firearms, clubs, knives, and hatchets.