Mineral strikes on reservations triggered dispossession or killing of Indians

Evidence

Even their ”reservations” do not escape seizure practically; for if gold “breaks out” on them they are “rushed,” and their possessors are either compelled to accept land farther west or are shot off and driven off. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 203

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the Chamorros/Chagossians dispossession pattern from Base Nation — land seizure justified by strategic resource value.
• STORYSTEM: A story told from inside one of these ‘rushes’ — a family given days to walk west, or the moment a prospector’s pan glints.