Cypress Hills Massacre

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Cypress Hills Massacre

Cypress Hills Massacre

The Cypress Hills Massacre^[2]^[3] was a mass murder that occurred on June 1, 1873, in the Cypress Hills region of Battle Creek, North-West Territories (now in Saskatchewan). It involved a group of American bison hunters, American wolf hunters or 'wolfers', American and Canadian whisky traders, Métis cargo haulers or 'freighters', and a camp of Nakoda (Stoney) (or Assiniboine) people. A total of 24 people died.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress Hills Massacre

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