Marias Massacre, Mont., 1870
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Name (Latin)
Marias Massacre, Mont., 1870
Other forms of name
Baker Massacre, Mont., 1870
See Also From tracing topical name
Indians of North America Wars 1815-1875
Massacres Montana
Piegan Indians Wars
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Q4120018
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sh2013001005
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2013011167: Graybill, A.R. The red and the white, 2013.
- Legends of America WWW homepage, April 8, 2013(The Marias Massacre is a little-known one-sided battle that took place in Montana on January 23, 1870. Though receiving little attention in history, the massacre, which killed some 200 Piegan Indians, mostly women and children, was described by one company commander as "the greatest slaughter of Indians ever made by U.S. troops.")
- History Channel WWW homepage, April 8, 2013(Baker Massacre (now known as the Marias Massacre); January 23, 1870 Colonel Eugene Baker orders his men to attack a sleeping camp of peaceful Blackfeet along the Marias River in northern Montana.)
- Wikipedia, April 8, 2013(The Marias Massacre (also known as the Baker Massacre) was a massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Indians by the United States Army which took place in Montana during the late nineteenth century Indian Wars.)