<div>In January 1863 over two hundred Shoshoni men, women, and children died on the banks of the Bear River at the hands of volunteer soldiers from California. Bear River was one of the largest Indian massacres in the Trans-Mississippi West, yet the massacre has gone almost unnoticed as it occurred
Shoshoni Frontier & Bear River Massacre (Utah Centennial Series)
β Scribed by Brigham Madsen
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Utah centennial series 1
- Category
- Library
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Explores how a pivotal event in American history-the massacre of over 300 Shoshone men, women, and children in 1863-has been constructed, contested, negotiated, and forgotten.
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