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Jan 29 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
On this day in 1863, US Federal troops committed one of the deadliest massacres of Native Americans in US history when they shot, beat, ran down and stabbed, at least 250 starving Shoshone people in what is now Idaho. #BearRiverMassacre
The Bear River Massacre was a surprise attack. The leaders of the Shoshone had failed to properly prepare for the attack because they believed they could negotiate a truce with the troops led Col. Patrick Edward Connor.
The massacre began at 6:00am on a frigid morning. Connor’s 200 men attacked without mercy for over four hours, charging and shooting at every one alive: men, women, and children, all were slaughtered.
Others were stabbed or beaten to death. Some Shoshone attempted to flee by escaping into the frigid river, where they froze to death. When it was over at least 250 Shoshone lay dead, including at least 90 women, children and infants.
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