Bear+River+Massacre-CS

Bear River Massacre On January 29, 1863, Colonel Patrick Edward Connor and two hundred army volunteers from Camp Douglas in Salt Lake City attacked Bear Hunter's People. 450 Shoshone men, women, and children were camped on Bear River twelve miles from Franklin, Washington Territory; Idaho. Connor and his men surrounded Shoshones and began a four-hour assault in early morning, against a practically defenseless group. 350 of the Shoshones were slaughtered by the volunteers; many of them were women and children. This is said to be one of the most violent events in Utah's history and the largest indian massacre in the history of these United States.