Bear Hunter

Bear Hunter

Bear Hunter (died January 27, 1863) was a Shoshone chief of the Great Basin who strongly resisted white colonization of the area in the 1860s. He and his war parties attacked Mormon colonists, telegraph workers, and wagon trains heading west while federal troops were preoccupied with the American Civil War. In 1862, a Californian volunteer infantry lead by Patrick Edward Connor established a fort on the Wasatch Range near Salt Lake City. In January 1863, they attacked Bear Hunter's village in an action known as the Bear River Massacre today. Bear Hunter was among those killed.

ource

* [http://www.axel-jacob.de/no_photos02.html#bearhunter "Bear Hunter" from Indian Chiefs Biographies, page 2, from axel-jacob.de]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bear Hunter — Bear Hunter, décédé le 29 janvier 1863 était un chef indien de la tribu des Shoshone qui résista à la colonisation du Territoire de l Idaho dans les années 1860. La tribu des Shoshone vivait au nord du Nevada, à l ouest de l Idaho et de l Utah,… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bear hunting — is the act of hunting bears. Bears have been hunted since prehistoric times for their meat and fur.BearsBears are large mammals in the order Carnivora. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide …   Wikipedia

  • Bear River massacre — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Bear River caption= partof=the American Civil War (Indian Wars) date=January 29, 1863 place=southeastern Washington Territory (present day Franklin County, Idaho) result=U.S. victory (massacre)… …   Wikipedia

  • Bear (disambiguation) — A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora.Bear may also refer to: * Bear (ship), a famous exploration ship * Bear (gay slang), a subculture of the gay community consisting primarily of large, hairy, and usually bearded …   Wikipedia

  • Bear-baiting — is a blood sport involving the baiting of bears.Bear baiting in EnglandBear baiting was popular in England until the nineteenth century. From the sixteenth century, many herds of bears were maintained for baiting. In its best known form, arenas… …   Wikipedia

  • Hunter S. Thompson — at the Miami Book Fair International of 1988 Born Hunter Stockton Thompson July 18, 1937(1937 07 18) Louisville, Kentucky …   Wikipedia

  • Bear (gay slang) — Bear is LGBT slang for those in the bear communities, a subculture in the gay/bisexual male communities and an emerging subset of LGBT communities with events, codes and culture specific identity. It also describes a physical type.Bears tend to… …   Wikipedia

  • Bear Behaving Badly — Nev And Barney Format Children s programme Starring Barney Harwood Bella Emberg Ross Mullan …   Wikipedia

  • Bear River City, Wyoming — is a ghost town that was briefly a rapidly thrown together railroad town, located about ten miles south of Evanston, Wyoming.The town can trace its origins back to the early 1860s. A businessman from Salt Lake City named Joseph F. Nounnan was… …   Wikipedia

  • Bear River (Île-du-Prince-Édouard) — Bear River Administration Pays  Canada Province …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”