The bear river massacre was one of the most violent events in utah's history an
the site of the bear river massacre
d one of the largest indain massacre in the U.S history. There were around 350 shoshone indians killed in the massacre. They killed many woman and children they were virtually defenseless against the white settlers. After the massacre the white settlers moved unopposed into the traditional shoshone lands. The shoshone lost there land base and could no longer sustain there way of life that they had done for some many years.
