Pitt River Expedition of 1859 | |||||||
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Part of the American Indian Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
California |
Achomawi Atsugewi | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William C. Kibbe William Byrnes | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Kibbe Rangers and local posses | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
? killed, 500 captured |
The Pitt River Expedition is a series of expeditions in the U.S. state of California in the 1850s. The expeditions are named for the Pit River, one of many tributaries of the Sacramento River, and the Pitt River Indians (historical spellings differed). The expeditions were part of the larger American Indian Wars and took place during the California Gold Rush.