{"id":1266,"date":"2015-04-30T13:15:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2015-04-30T13:15:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:15:57","slug":"1863-idaho-in-the-span-of-four-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/1863-idaho-in-the-span-of-four-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"1863, Idaho, in the span of four hours&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a freezing January day in 1863, Colonel Patrick Connor led his troops against a Shoshoni village on the Bear River in Idaho, to punish them for recent depredations against White settlers. \u00a0It only took four hours to kill every man, woman, and child. \u00a0Though the next day, a baby was found alive high up in the branches of a tree, where someone had tried to hide it from the soldiers. \u00a0Wish we knew what happened to that baby&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe archaeology will help us understand that horrible day a little better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/westerndigs.org\/site-of-deadliest-native-american-massacre-identified-in-idaho\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/westerndigs.org\/site-of-deadliest-native-american-massacre-identified-in-idaho\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Idaho Bear-River-massacre-site\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Idaho Bear-River-massacre-site\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gear-gear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Idaho-Bear-River-massacre-site.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more about it: \u00a0MASSACRE AT BEAR RIVER, by Rod Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a freezing January day in 1863, Colonel Patrick Connor led his troops against a Shoshoni village on the Bear River in Idaho, to punish them for recent depredations against White settlers. \u00a0It only took four hours to kill every man, woman, and child. \u00a0Though the next day, a baby was found alive high up 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