The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and threatening to attack us. I was obliged to make campaigns against them and punish them.
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| Birth: | 1803 |
| Death: | 18th June, 1880 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Businessman, Soldier |
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John Augustus Sutter Sr. was born in Kandern, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a German-born Swiss pioneer of California known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital. Although he became famous following the discovery of gold by his employee James W. Marshall and the mill making team at Sutter's Mill, Sutter saw his own business ventures fail during the California Gold Rush. He spent much of his early life in Switzerland and served in the Swiss army. Fleeing from bankruptcy and financial failures and leaving his wife and children in Switzerland, he reached California in 1839 and persuaded the Mexican governor to grant him lands on the Sacramento River. He went to school in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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