fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ðə ɡˈoʊld ɹˈʌʃ ɪn nɔːɹθwˈɛstɚn kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, ɹˈaʊts ʌv pˈæk tɹˈeɪnz bᵻtwˌiːn hˈʌmboʊldt bˈeɪ ænd wˈiːvɚvˌɪl, kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, lˈeɪ θɹuː ðɛɹ tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi, ænd ðɛɹ pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən, nˈɛvɚ lˈɑːɹdʒ, wʌz dɹˈæstɪkli ɹᵻdˈuːst ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt dˈæʃ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ bˈɔːld hˈɪlz wˈɔːɹ.
Following the gold rush in Northwestern California, routes of pack trains between Humboldt Bay and Weaverville, California, lay through their territory, and their population, never large, was drastically reduced in the 1858-1864 Bald Hills War.