The Bannock Wars: June to August 1878 - Idaho & Oregon / 1895 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming

This is a video for “The Bannock Wars“. There are also videos in this channel for: “The Bannock People & Tribe“, “The Fort Bridger Treaty“, “The Shoshone (Newe) People“, “The Paiute People”.. and for over 250 other North & South-American Tribes & First Nations. ------------------------------------------------ “The Bannock War of 1878” was an armed conflict between the U.S. military and Bannock and Paiute warriors, in Idaho and Northeastern Oregon, from June to August, 1878. They were led by Chief Buffalo Horn, who was killed in action on June 8th 1878. After his death, Chief Egan led the Bannock Tribe. He and some of his warriors were killed in July, by a Umatilla war party, that entered his camp, in subterfuge. While the Paiute People had been more peripherally involved,in November 1878, General Howard moved about 543 Bannock and Paiute prisoners from the Malheur Reservation, to internment at Yakama Indian Reservation, in southeastern Wa
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