Bear River Massacre

In 1863, Col. P.E. Connor and his California Volunteers set out from Salt Lake City on a cold January campaign in response to friction between the Indians and white travelers. They found more than 400 Northwestern Shoshoni settled in a winter camp on Battle Creek. When Connor struck at daybreak on January 29, very few Northwestern Shoshoni survived a battle that turned into a massacre unrivaled in Western history.

Idaho · United States