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Bear River Massacre

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41: 132: 107: 428:, Utah's Territorial Superintendent of Indian Affairs, spent four days in Cache Valley and reported: "The Indians have been in great numbers, in a starving and destitute condition. No provisions having been made for them, either as to clothing or provisions by my predecessors... The Indians condition was such-with the prospect that they would rob mail stations to sustain life." Doty purchased supplies of food and slowly doled it out. He suggested furnishing the Shoshone with livestock to enable them to become herders instead of beggars. 655:. After the federal troops left with Van Ornum and the young boy, McGarry reported to Col. Connor the boy's rescue "without the loss or scratch of man or horse." Bear Hunter complained to the settlers in Cache Valley, arguing they should have helped him against the soldiers. After a confrontation between Bear Hunter, some warriors from his band, and nearly 70 members of the Cache Valley militia, the settlers donated two cows and some flour as the "best and cheapest policy" as compensation. 787:, which left on January 25. As orders specific for this campaign, Connor ordered each soldier to carry "40 rounds of rifle ammunition and 30 rounds of pistol ammunition". This was a total of nearly 16,000 rounds for the campaign. In addition, nearly 200 rounds of artillery shot were brought with the howitzers. As a part of the deception, the cavalry were to travel at night while the infantry moved during the day. Accompanying Connor was the former U.S. Marshal and Mormon scout, 914: 893: 1014: 647:. He and McGarry's men followed the Shoshone as they retreated to nearby Providence Canyon. After the Indians opened fire, McGarry gave the order "to commence firing and to kill every Indian they could see." A skirmish between the Shoshone and the U.S. Army lasted about two hours after the Shoshone established a defensible position in the canyon. Finally, Chief Bear Hunter signaled surrender by climbing a foothill and waving a flag of truce. 2884: 2894: 664:
behind. Four Shoshone warriors were captured and held for ransom, although they did not appear related to the theft. McGarry ordered that these men would be shot if the stock was not delivered by noon the next day. The Shoshone chiefs moved their people further north into Cache Valley. A firing squad executed the captives and dumped their bodies into the Bear River. In an editorial, the
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the white boy. He held Bear Hunter and four warriors hostage. By noon the next day, the Shoshone returned with a small boy who fit the description of Reuben Van Ornum. Zachias Van Ornum claimed the boy was his nephew and took custody, departing to return to Oregon. The Shoshone protested, claiming that the boy was the son of a French fur trapper and the sister of Shoshone chief
615: 303: 553:) found his horse missing, he accused a young Shoshone fishing in nearby Summit Creek of having stolen the animal. Robert Thornley, an English immigrant and first resident of Summit Creek, defended the young Indian and testified for him. Nonetheless, a jury of locals convicted him and hanged him for stealing the horse. Local history recorded the Shoshone's name as 409:, Surveyor General of the Territory of Utah, reported in 1856 that the local Shoshone Indians complained that the Mormons used so much of the Cache Valley's resources that the once abundant game no longer appeared. Foraging and hunting by settlers traveling on the western migration trails took additional food sources away from the Shoshone. As early as 1859, 477: 730:
that they were a part of the same band who had been murdering emigrants on the Overland Mail Route for the last fifteen years, and the principal actors and leaders in the horrid massacres of the past summer, I determined, although the season was unfavorable to an expedition in consequence of the cold weather and deep snow, to chastise them if possible.
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While it appears as though the deception by Connor to hide the numbers of his soldiers involved in the confrontation was successful, the Shoshone were not even then anticipating a direct military engagement with these soldiers. Instead, they were preparing for a negotiated settlement where the chiefs
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Most of the firearms that the Shoshone had at the time of the attack had been captured in minor skirmishes, traded from fur trappers, white settlers, and other Native American tribal groups, or simply antiques that had been handed down from one generation to another over the years. Their weapons were
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In many ways, the soldiers stationed at Fort Douglas were spoiling for a fight. In addition to discipline problems among the soldiers, there was a minor "mutiny" among the soldiers where a joint petition by most of the California Volunteers requested to withhold over $ 30,000 from their paychecks for
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On September 9, 1860, Elijah Utter was leading migrants on the Oregon trail when they were attacked by a group of presumably Bannock and Boise Shoshone. Despite settlers' attempts to appease the Native Americans, the Indians killed nearly the entire migrant party and drove off their livestock. Alexis
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The California Volunteers suffered 14 soldiers killed and 49 wounded, 7 mortally. After the officers concluded the battle was over, they returned with the soldiers to their temporary encampment near Franklin. Franklin residents opened their homes to wounded soldiers that night. They brought blankets
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On December 4, 1862, Connor sent McGarry on another expedition to Cache Valley to recover some stolen livestock from Shoshone. The Shoshone broke camp, fled in advance of the Army troops, and cut the ropes of a ferry at the crossing. McGarry got his men across the river but had to leave their horses
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Together with about 20 of his people, Chief Bear Hunter was taken prisoner and transported to the soldiers' camp near Providence. When asked about the young white boy, Bear Hunter said that the boy had been sent away a few days earlier. McGarry instructed Bear Hunter to send his people to bring back
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It is said that Col. Connor is determined to exterminate the Indians who have been killing the Emigrants on the route to the Gold Mines in Washington Territory. Small detachments have been leaving for the North for several days. If the present expedition copies the doings of the other that preceded
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Zachias Van Ornum, Alexis' brother, heard from a relative on the Oregon Trail that a small white boy of his missing nephew Reuben's age was being held by a group of Northwestern Shoshone, likely to be in Cache Valley. Van Ornum gathered a small group of friends and traveled to Salt Lake City to get
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It is apparent that the Shoshone chiefs were far from ignorant of the potential for conflict with Col. Connor's soldiers, and some minor preparations were made simultaneously. Most of this involved mainly gathering foodstuffs from surrounding Mormon settlements in a fashion similar to the incident
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This military action occurred during perhaps the coldest time of the year in Cache Valley. Local settlers commented that it was unseasonably cold even for northern Utah, and it may have been as cold as −20 °F (−30 °C) on the morning of the 29th when the attack began. Several soldiers had
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Throughout most of January 1863, soldiers at Fort Douglas were preparing for a lengthy expedition traveling north to the Shoshone. Connor also wanted to keep the word of his expedition secret, making a surprise attack upon the Shoshone when he arrived. To do this, he separated his command into two
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I have the honor to report that from information received from various sources of the encampment of a large body of Indians on Bear River, in Utah Territory, 140 miles north of this point, who had settlements in this valley to the Beaver Head mines, east of the Rocky Mountains, and being satisfied
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freight-hauling service between mining camps of Montana and Salt Lake City, was attacked by Shoshone warriors who killed two men accompanying him: George Clayton and Henry Bean. Arriving in Salt Lake City, Conover told a reporter the Shoshone were "determined to avenge the blood of their comrades"
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arrived at the massacre scene at 6:00 am, just as dawn broke over the mountains. Due to the weather conditions and deep snow, it took time for Connor to organize his soldiers into a battle line. The artillery never arrived as they got caught in a snow drift six mi (9.7 km) from the
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Bear Hunter and the other Shoshone chiefs did, however, make some defensive arrangements around their encampment, in addition to simply selecting a generally defensible position in the first place. Willow branches had been woven into makeshift screens, hiding the position and numbers of Shoshone.
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On the evening of January 28, Captain Hoyt's infantry finally arrived near the town of Franklin, where they spotted three Shoshone who were attempting to get food supplies from the settlers in the town. The Shoshone received nine bushels of wheat in three sacks. William Hull, the settler who was
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This conflict marked the final significant influence of the Shoshone nation upon Cache Valley and its immediate surroundings. In addition to opening the northern part of Cache Valley to Mormon settlement, Cache Valley also offered a staging area for additional settlements in southeastern Idaho.
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The death toll was large, but some Shoshone survived. Chief Sagwitch gathered survivors to keep his community alive. Sagwitch was shot twice in the hand and tried to escape on horseback, only to have the horse shot out from under him. He went to the ravine and escaped into the Bear River near a
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of September 21, 1859, a detachment of Lieutenant Livingston's dragoons found five bodies at the scene of the massacre were mangled. A girl of only five years old had her ears cut off, her eyes gouged out, both legs amputated at the knees, and by all appearances, was made to walk on her stumps.
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maneuvers to attack the village from the sides and behind. He directed a line of infantry to block any attempt by the Shoshone to flee from the attack. After about two hours, the Shoshone had run out of ammunition. According to some later reports, some Shoshone were seen trying to cast lead
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There was a large difference between the number of Indians reported killed by Connor and the number counted by the citizens of Franklin, the latter being much larger. The settlers also claimed the number of surviving women and children to be much fewer than what Connor claimed. In his 1911
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Connor estimated his forces killed more than 224 out of 300 warriors. He reported capturing 175 horses and some arms, and destroying 70 lodges and a large quantity of stored wheat in winter supplies. He left a small quantity of wheat on the field for the 160 captured women and children.
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was concerned that California, which had just recently become a state, would be cut off from the rest of the Union. He ordered several regiments to be raised from the population of California to help protect mail routes and the communications lines of the West. Neither Lincoln nor the
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Reid, Kenneth C. (ed.) Approaching Bear River: Historic, Geomorphic, and Archaeological Investigations at the Bear River Massacre National Historic Landmark. Monographs in Idaho Archaeology and Ethnology No. 3. Idaho State Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office,
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Col. Connor met up with Hoyt that evening as well, with orders to begin moving at about 1:00 am the next morning for a surprise attack, but an attempt to get a local settler to act as a scout for the immediate area led the actual advance to wait until 3:00 am.
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the sole purpose of instead paying for naval passage to the eastern states, and to "serve their country in shooting traitors instead of eating rations and freezing to death around sage brush fires...". Furthermore, they said they would gladly pay this money "for the
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come down with frostbite and other cold-weather problems, so the 3rd volunteers were at only about 2/3 of their strength compared to when they had left Fort Douglas. Among the rations issued to the soldiers during the campaign was a ration of whiskey held in a
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detachments that were to come together from time to time on their journey to Cache Valley. His main concern was to avoid the problems that McGarry had faced in the earlier action, where the Shoshone had moved and scattered even before his troops could arrive.
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Several incidents in the summer and fall of 1862 led to the battle between Bear Hunter and Col. Connor. These incidents were related to broad struggles between indigenous peoples and European-American settlers over almost the entire United States west of the
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tribes. He encouraged their helping to "feed them rather than fight them". Despite the policy, the settlers were consuming significant food resources and taking over areas that pushed the Shoshone increasingly into areas of marginal food production.
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for "Willow Valley"), was the traditional hunting ground for the Northwestern Shoshone. They gathered grain and grass seeds there, fished for trout, and hunted small game such as ground squirrel and woodchuck, and large game including
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mountains. Soon, miners created a migration and supply trail right through the middle of Cache Valley, between this mining camp and Salt Lake City. The latter was the nearest significant trading source of goods and food in the area.
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Franklin County Historical Society (Idaho); "The passing of the redman, being a succinct account of the last battle that wrested Idaho from the bondage of the Indians"; Franklin County Historical Society and Monument Committee. ,
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ammunition during the middle of the battle and died with the molds in their hands. Bear Hunter was killed, with some later reporting that he had been among those casting bullets; Madsen described the possibility as "doubtful".
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Friction between the Mormons and Col. Connor continued for many more years with accusations of harassment of non-Mormons in the Utah Territory and criticisms by Mormons of Connor's attempts to begin a mining industry in Utah.
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According to published newspaper articles, Col. Connor and the California Volunteers were treated as heroes when they arrived at Fort Douglas and by their community in California. Connor was promoted to the permanent rank of
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reported, "The Prophet (Brigham Young) had told Sagwitch the Mormon people had suffered enough from the Shoshoni of Cache Valley and that if more blood were spilled, the Mormons might just "pitch in" and help the troops."
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At the same time the arrest warrant was issued by Justice Kinney, Chief Sagwitch (named in the warrant) was in Salt Lake City trying to negotiate peace on behalf of the Northwestern Shoshone. A correspondent for the
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The sacks of grain carried by these Shoshone were later found by the 3rd California Volunteers during their advance the next day, apparently dropped by the Shoshone in their attempt to get back to their camp.
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against the Shoshone positions but was soon overwhelmed with return gunfire from the Shoshone. The California Volunteers suffered most of their direct combat-related casualties during this first assault.
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help from the territorial government. There, he visited Col. Connor at Fort Douglas and asked for help to regain his nephew. Col. Connor agreed and sent a detachment of cavalry under the command of Major
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we had two of the three horses loaded, having put three bushels on each horse...when I looked up and saw the Soldiers approaching from the south. I said to the Indian boys, "Here comes the
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killed by Major McGarry and his soldiers. He said the Shoshone intended to "kill every white man they should meet on the north side of the Bear River, till they should be fully avenged."
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in 1847, brought the Shoshone people into regular contact with white colonists moving westward. By 1856, European Americans had established their first permanent settlements and farms in
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Warner, said, "alf of those present got away," and 156 were killed. He went on to say that two of his brothers and a sister-in-law "lived", as well as many who later lived at the
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and the area of conflict was part of the Utah Territory. Residents of Franklin sent elected representatives to the Utah Territorial Legislature; they were part of the politics of
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Van Ornum, his family, and about ten others hid in some nearby brush, only to be discovered and killed. Their bodies were discovered by a company of U.S. soldiers led by Captain
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two Shoshone human remains, that of a teenage man and a woman who was in her 20s when she was killed, back to the Shoshone people for burial. The remains were returned in 2013.
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when they were attacked at night by people they assumed were local Shoshone. Several members of the company were killed by gunfire. The survivors took refuge along the
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Letter of P. Edw. Connor, Colonel, Third Infantry, California Volunteers, to Lieut. Col. R. C. Drum, U. S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific.
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and hay to the church meetinghouse to protect the other soldiers from the cold. Connor hired several men to use sleighs to bring wounded men back to Salt Lake City.
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Look like there is something up on the ridge up there. Look like a cloud. Maybe it is a steam come from a horse. Maybe that's them soldiers they were talking about.
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and swore an affidavit describing Smith's murder. He also reported that ten miners en route to the city had been murdered three days before Smith. Kinney issued a
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were still fresh in the minds of military planners. They worried that the Mormons' substantial militia might answer only to Young and not the federal government.
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and some horses. When the Richmond people returned with the advance party, they recovered the body of John Smith and buried him at the Richmond city cemetery.
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This documentary sets out a detailed account of the massacre and Connor’s role in the dispossession and killing of first nation Americans in modern day
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Due to such reports, Connor was ready to mount an expedition against the Shoshone. He reported to the U.S. War Department before the engagement:
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Official military records and the National Park Service's listing of Civil War Battlefields also include the Bear River massacre as part of the
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it, it will result in catching some friendly Indians, murdering them, and letting the guilty scamps remain undisturbed in their mountain haunts.
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autobiography, Danish immigrant Hans Jasperson claims to have walked among the bodies and counted 493 dead Shoshone. In 1918, Sagwitch's son
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did not act on his proposal. Desperate and starving, the Shoshone attacked farms and cattle ranches, not just for revenge but for survival.
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acquired the site in 2018 to protect it as a sacred burial ground. They intend to erect a monument in memory of the massacre's victims.
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Series I. Volume L. Part I. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1902. Chapter LXII. "Operations on the Pacific Coast." Section 28.
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The second group was 220 cavalry, led personally by Connor himself with his aides and 50 men each from Companies A, H, K, and M of the
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The Utter Disaster on the Oregon Trail: The Utter and Van Ornum Massacres of 1860; Caldwell, ID; Snake Country Publishing; 1993;
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Based on a variety of sources, Brigham D. Madsen estimates about 250 were killed in the definitive history of the massacre.
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not as standardized or as well built as the guns issued by the Union Army to the soldiers of the California Volunteers.
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Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields Technical Volume II: Battle Summaries
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During the summer of 1859, a settler company of about 19 people from Michigan was traveling on the Oregon Trail near
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Brigham and the Brigadier: General Patrick Connor and His California Volunteers in Utah and Along the Overland Trail
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Chief Sagwitch noted the approach of the American soldiers, saying just before the first shots were fired,
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Chief Sagwitch and many members of his band allied with the Mormons. Many were baptized and joined the
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After temporarily retreating and regrouping, Connor sent McGarry and several other smaller groups into
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be established in Cache Valley to protect essential resources for the Shoshone. His superiors at the
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
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The final catalyst for Connor's expedition was a Shoshone attack on a group of eight miners on the
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They also dug a series of "rifle pits" along the eastern bank of Beaver Creek and the Bear River.
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The surviving miners reached Salt Lake City. William Bevins testified before Chief Justice
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A picture of young Reuben Van Ornum seated in the middle: his uncle Zachias, is to his left
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would be able to talk with officers of the U.S. Army and try to come to an understanding.
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to remain loyal to the Union, despite their leader Young's telegrams and assurances. The
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Report of Col. P. Edward Connor, Third California Infantry, commanding District of Utah.
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In God's Lap: Cache Valley History as told in the newspaper columns of A.J. Simmonds
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expressed concern that the execution would aggravate relations with the Shoshone.
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On July 28, 1862, John White discovered gold on Grasshopper Creek in southwestern
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Reaction to this military campaign was mixed. George A. Smith, in the official
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Little was known about the Bear River Massacre or the life and reputation of
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So impressed were the trappers by the region that they recommended to
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Jessie L. Bonner, "Tribe marks massacre with burial ground gathering"
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and keep peace in the region. Upon arriving in Utah, he established
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as part of the Bear River Expedition against Shoshone tribal chief
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News Article, Snake River Massacre Account by One of the Survivors
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Massacre survivor Chief Sagwitch and spouse Beawoachee, circa 1875
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The first group to leave Fort Douglas was forty men of Company K,
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settlers should establish friendly relations with the surrounding
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The location where the massacre took place, viewed from the north
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Effects on settlement of Cache Valley and long-term consequences
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that he consider the valley as a location for his settlement of
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to Cache Valley to rendezvous with Van Ornum near the town of
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Expedition from Camp Douglas, Utah, to Cache Valley, Idaho
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JANUARY 29, 1863.—Engagement on the Bear River, Utah Ter.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Idaho
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Native American people and the Latter Day Saint movement
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The House of the Lord: Cache Valley and the Logan Temple
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Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder (1822–1887)
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Records of California men in the war of the rebellion
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nation. The full documentary is available to hear on
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construction site and downtown Great Salt Lake City.
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and ordered to move his men to Utah, to protect the
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Retrieved 10 September 2018. 1574:, History.Idaho.gov, June 1993, archived from 785:2nd Regiment of Cavalry, California Volunteers 2667: 604:Reuben Van Ornum and the Battle of Providence 587:. Three days later, Lieutenant Livingston of 270:encampment gathered at the confluence of the 202: 8: 2514:; Tucson, Arizona; Westernlore Press; 1989; 1224: 1222: 1200:. National Park Service. 1998. p. 29. 1104:The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History 989:promotion shortly afterward to the rank of 961:. Sagwitch was ordained as an Elder in the 2674: 2660: 2652: 2594:, Zacheas Van Ornum Petition for Indemnity 2257:"Bear River Massacre Victims Laid to Rest" 2155:(1985, University of Utah Press, page 192) 1257:(1985, University of Utah Press, page 192) 778:3rd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry 494:3rd California Volunteer Infantry Regiment 209: 195: 187: 22: 16:1863 massacre of Shoshone by U.S. military 2479:; Logan, Utah; The Herald Journal; 2004; 862:2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry 504:(adjacent to the current location of the 2357:Bear Hunter (U.S. National Park Service) 1035:Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation 419:United States Department of the Interior 1154: 1131: 396:Brigham Young declared the policy that 2269:from the original on September 4, 2015 1865:from the original on September 3, 2012 1849: 1847: 714:for the arrest of chiefs Bear Hunter, 2939:Ethnic cleansing in the United States 2245:15 July 2012. 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Putnam; 1868; 1910:Shoshoni Frontier, pp. 182–183. 1892:Shoshoni Frontier, pp. 180–181. 735:Military action in Cache Valley 278:, near the present-day city of 2994:Utah in the American Civil War 2964:Mormonism and Native Americans 2697:Mormon teachings on skin color 2588:, An Early History of Franklin 1572:Idaho State Historical Society 1561:"Site of Utter Party Massacre" 1447:Major General Patrick Connor. 1: 2989:Massacres of Native Americans 975:Wind River Indian Reservation 674:Incident on the Montana Trail 424:In the early spring of 1862, 381:, as well as the founding of 306:A Shoshone encampment in the 2929:Bear River (Great Salt Lake) 2919:1863 in Washington Territory 2604:Everything2, Everything2.com 2164:Bear River Massacre, p. 191. 1931:Bear River Massacre, p. 118. 1820:Bear River Massacre, p. 112. 1568:Reference Series: Number 233 1029:. The site was designated a 971:Fort Hall Indian Reservation 824:Shoshone battle preparations 768:in an editorial, expressed: 310:of Wyoming, photographed by 258:, took place in present-day 248:Engagement on the Bear River 2343:Utah State University Press 2222:September 10, 2018, at the 1883:Bear River Massacre, p. 113 1649:Bear River Massacre, p. 83. 687:Attack on the Montana Trail 579:, where they hid among the 3025: 3009:History of racism in Idaho 2824:Salt Creek Canyon massacre 2752:Black Hawk War (1865–1872) 2719:History of slavery in Utah 2498:History of Utah, 1540–1886 1970:Shoshoni Frontier, p. 179. 1940:Shoshoni Frontier, p. 181. 1922:Shoshoni Frontier, p. 183. 1901:Shoshoni Frontier, p. 182. 1387:Shoshoni Frontier, p. 159. 1366:Shoshoni Frontier, p. 136. 1031:National Historic Landmark 607: 564: 492:was put in command of the 47:Daughters of Utah Pioneers 45:A monument erected by the 2878: 2530:University of Idaho Press 2489:Ricks, Joel E. 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Instead, Young chose 2944:Franklin County, Idaho 2638:42.14611°N 111.91417°W 2433:Massacre at Bear River 2140:Massacre at Bear River 1859:www.militarymuseum.org 1018: 963:Melchizedek priesthood 918: 897: 874: 805: 774: 762: 732: 619: 485: 315: 260:Franklin County, Idaho 124:Commanders and leaders 80:Franklin County, Idaho 2788:Battle Creek massacre 2714:Mormonism and slavery 2401:The Northern Shoshoni 2360:National Park Service 2243:Indian Country Today. 2182:Sagwitch, pp. 77–102. 1990:"Bear River Massacre" 1376:The Northern Shoshoni 1327:Knetsch, Joe (2006). 1306:A History of a Valley 1102:Darren Parry (2019). 1052:Patrick Edward Connor 1016: 916: 895: 870: 865:Shoshone encampment. 797: 789:Orrin Porter Rockwell 770: 757: 727: 617: 490:Patrick Edward Connor 479: 305: 288:California Volunteers 284:Patrick Edward Connor 169:Casualties and losses 137:Patrick Edward Connor 90:United States victory 2803:Circleville Massacre 2793:Provo River massacre 2731:Interracial marriage 2643:42.14611; -111.91417 2616:, February 12, 2010} 2614:Indian Country Today 2524:Madsen, Brigham D.; 2447:The Rebellion Record 2417:Madsen, Brigham D.; 2405:Caxton Printers Ltd. 2399:Madsen, Brigham D.; 2385:Madsen, Brigham D.; 2262:Indian Country Today 2080:The Rebellion Record 2070:, Pages 194 and 195. 1832:Glory Hunter, p. 79. 1811:Glory Hunter, p. 56. 1670:Glory Hunter, p. 76. 1581:on December 20, 2015 1467:Glory Hunter, p. 51. 1229:Frank Moore (1865). 1009:Memorials and legacy 610:Utter Party Massacre 321:, originally called 308:Wind River Mountains 286:led a detachment of 276:Washington Territory 256:Massacre at Boa Ogoi 252:Battle of Bear River 75:Washington Territory 33:American Indian Wars 2959:January 1863 events 2812:Massacre of Mormons 2781:Massacre by Mormons 2772:Bear River Massacre 2634: /  2546:Shannon, David H.; 2459:Orton, Richard H.; 2238:Moya-Smith, Simon. 1979:Sagwitch, pp. 47–48 1689:Bear River Massacre 1611:Bear River Massacre 1500:Timmins, Brighton. 1253:Brigham D. 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Index

American Indian Wars

Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Bear River
Washington Territory
Franklin County, Idaho
United States
Shoshone
United States
Patrick Edward Connor
Bear Hunter

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Bear River
Franklin County, Idaho
United States Army
Shoshone
Bear River
Washington Territory
Preston
Patrick Edward Connor
California Volunteers
Bear Hunter

Wind River Mountains
W.H. Jackson
Cache Valley
Shoshone

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