Cutthroat Gap Massacre

Cutthroat Gap Massacre

The Massacre of Cutthroat Gap occurred in the spring of 1833 in the Wichita Mountains.[1] Osage Indians attacked the Kiowa village of Chief Islandman while most of the warriors were away: a party was raiding the Utes and the rest were on a buffalo hunt. They were raiding to acquire Kiowa horses. The Osage killed the few remaining men, and more than 150 Kiowa women and children. Few escaped. The Osage cut the heads from the bodies and left them in a row of kettles spread across the village. The gap, a small fertile valley, was named after this event. The site is located at 34°49′50″N 98°49′01″W / 34.83043°N 98.81704°W / 34.83043; -98.81704. The Osage took prisoners, horses and the sacred tai-me which the Kiowa used for their sun dance.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hoig, Stan. The Kiowas and the Legend of Kicking Bird. Boulder: The University Press of Colorado, 2000. ISBN 0-87081-564-4.
  2. ^ Blog Oklohoma: Cutthroat Gap Massacre.

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