Massacre At Bear River: First, Worst, Forgotten

Miller is a freelance writer and lifelong student of the culture and history of the Western US. Here, he describes the US Army's massacre of 250 Shoshone natives at Bear River (near the current border of Utah and Idaho) that occurred in 1863, 17 years before the more popularly known massacre at Wounded Knee. The author offers a historical narrative of the events that lead to and followed the Army's attack on a Shoshone camp in the ice of the Rocky Mountains, as well as the role of nearby Mormons in the event and similar campaigns against Native Americans. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A lifelong student of the culture and history of the West, Rod Miller writes non-fiction, fiction, and poetry on the subject. Massacre at Bear River is his third book.