The Achulet Massacre refers to the 1854 massacre of an estimated 65-150 Tolowa Indians at the hands of European-American settlers. The incident occurred at the village of Achulet (Tolowa: ‘Ee-chuu-le’), near Lake Earl in Klamath County (now Del Norte County), California. During the same time (from 1845-1855), the Tolowa people were forcibly relocated to what they refer to as the “Klamath Concentration Camp”, only to eventually be relocated to Indian reservations in Oregon after the Rogue River War in 1860. The village of Achulet was developed into a huge shipping and trade center. Its development can be attributed to the extensive migration of Europeans into California from 1845-1855, most of whom were prompted to travel there by the California gold rush. However, the arrival of these East