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A peaceful patch of farmland in southeastern Idaho likely holds a grisly, bitter history but the full story remains hidden, at least for now.
Archaeologists surveying acreage along the Bear River, just north of the town of Preston, say there are compelling signs that its the site of an event whose gruesomeness is matched only by its obscurity: the largest single massacre of Native Americans in U.S. history.
researchers say their investigations may ultimately bring to light the lost story of the Bear River Massacre, a daybreak raid carried out by U.S. soldiers on a winter village of the Northwest Band of Shoshone, killing as many as 250 men, women and children on a January morning in 1863.
Among the tools his team has called on are three historic maps, drawn by witnesses of the massacre, which have helped the researchers identify landmarks and ultimately recreate what Cannon calls that one horrible morning.
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A mural in the Preston, Idaho, post office, painted by Edmond J. Fitzgerald in 1941, commemorates The Battle of Bear River. (Photo courtesy U.S. Postal Service)
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)haikugal
(6,476 posts)for us to address our historic treatment of native Americans, and to address our current treatment. We need to live up to our ideals and treat people equally with respect and compassion. This sounds horrible..like wounded knee was horrible. Thanks for sharing this.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)and they called it ''a battle''.........
haikugal
(6,476 posts)Of course they called it a battle, those heroic soldiers....
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)We are not your allies.
We can not defend.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Dream catchers collect every year in the trees at the overlook, a living memorial next to the rock and concrete tribute to pioneer women (or some such twaddle).