Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre

by Paul R. Wylie

Book Overview

On the morning of January 23, 1870, troops of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry attacked a Piegan Indian village on the Marias River in Montana Territory, killing many more than the army's count of 173, most of them women, children, and old men. The village was afflicted with smallpox. Worse, it was the wrong encampment. Intended as a retaliation against Mountain Chief's renegade band, the massacre sparked public outrage when news sources revealed that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080615974X
• ISBN13: 9780806159744
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"