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It was perhaps the greatest massacre that American troops did to Indians, and yet it is almost unknown. On the bitter cold January 29, 1863, Californian volunteers under the command of Colonel Patrick E. Connor destroyed a Shoshone winter camp at a bend of the Bear River in Idaho. Of the approximately 400 inhabitants, only a few survived. Credible estimates - accurate payments never took place - gave 368 slain Indians. At this time, the US Civil War was at a climax. Idaho was still almost uninhabited. This, and a systematic obscurity by the press were presumably the reasons this monstrous act received little public attention. The "perhaps greatest tragedy in the history of the conquest of the West" is described for the first time in book form in this concise, strictly objective, yet puzzling documentation.
Table of Contents
Vorwort
1858 – Eine Armee rückt in Utah ein
1862 – Die California Volunteers kommen nach Utah
Die ersten Vorstöße ins Cache Valley
Der Feldzug
Die Schlacht
Das Massaker
Die Nachwirkungen
Auflistung der verwundeten/gefallenen Soldaten
Epilog
Verzeichnis der Anmerkungen
Keywords
Shoshone Indians – Wars, Patrick Connor, Idaho, Bear River Massacre
Language
German
ISBN
3-89510-046-3
Publication Date
1997
Rights
http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/
Copyright Status
© 1997 Verlag Für Amerikanistik
College
Harold B. Lee Library
Department
History