"Literature and newspaper reviews have shown that most of mainstream America knew about and encouraged the massacre of indigenous people. Editors and newspapers across California wrote of many killings of Native people and called for the extermination of Native people as a whole. In doing this, these editors and writers described Native people as “diggers,” “savages,” “devils,” and other inhumane names, helping create racist stereotypes that still exist. These writers helped create the fake “Indian War” history in California that exists in today’s literature; these “Wars” were really the indiscriminate murder of thousands of indigenous men, women and children across California by miners and the US military. The Gold Rush has long been romanticized in American history. The 49ers have been called heroes, legends, argonauts, and pioneers. Their exploits are remembered and rejoiced in parades, movies, books and school plays. The truth is, many were thieves, murderers, and slave-traders, spurred by a government bent on destroying indigenous cultures in the name of Manifest Destiny."