Shoshoni Frontier and the Bear River Massacre$17.95Brigham D. Madsen 16 illustrations, 4 maps Winner of the Westerners International CoFounders Book Award "A very important book.... Readers will understand better who the Shoshoni were, who they are, and why the conditions of 1840-1865 dealt with them so tragically." In January 1863 over two hundred Shoshoni men, women, and children died on the banks of the Bear River at the hands of volunteer soldiers from California. Bear River was one of the largest Indian massacres in the Trans-Mississippi West. Brigham Madsen’s detailed narrative of the events and conflicts that culminated in the massacre remains the decinitive account of this bloody chapter in United States-Native American relations. |
