Massacre at Bear River: First, Worst, Forgotten by Rod Miller, Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho, 2008, $18.95. On January 29, 1863, near present-day Preston, Idaho, an Army detail led by Patrick Edward Connor attacked a Shoshone Indian encampment and perpetrated one of the largest massacres in the annals of Western history. The slaughter carried out by …
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