The Pinjarra massacre was a battle that took place in Pinjarra, Western Australia. The massacre took place on the 28th of February, 1834. The conflict was between 60-80 Aboriginals of the Binjareb tribe, and 25 European soldiers and police officers who carried out the attack led by Governor Captain James Stirling. After the attacks on the displaced Swan River Whadjuk people and depredations on settlers by a group of the Binjareb people led by Calyute reached unacceptable levels, Stirling led his force after the party. Arriving at their camp, five members of the pursuit party were sent into the camp to arrest the suspects and the Aborigines resisted. In the ensuing melee, Stirling reported 15 killed and police superintendent T.T. Ellis …show more content…
At 8am the party had rejoined the Murray River where the river was 30 metres wide, between steep red loam banks, continuing northwards to cross the Oakley brook at approximately 8.35am. The weather broke and it started to rain heavily as Captain Ellis, Mr Norcott and three of the police attacked from the south. The Aboriginal men gathered up their woomeras and spears, as the women and children fled towards the river, where Captain Stirling, Captain Meares, Thomas Peel and 12 others were waiting in hiding. Ellis was soon in a melee fight with the Noongars, and Norcott, recognizing a troublemaker called Noonaar. In the first charge of attacks five or more Aboriginal people were killed, and the remainder of the Aboriginal people turned and ran towards the river, hoping to cross and scatter into the hills. One of the eldest women in the tribe, Teelak, was shot dead with her 4 year old daughter violently screaming. Approximately 13 other children and women were then shot. There are conflicting reports in regards to whether or no women and children were also shot and killed, with both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people claiming that this did happen. Just as shots were fired Stirling reacted quickly sent five men to prevent groups escaping south and guard the pack horses at the ford. Governor Captain James Stirling and fourteen others in a line ambushed the surprised Aborigines who had crossed the river and soldiers had fired at those caught in the ambush. By 10.05am it was all over and, because of the severe condition of the two of the European soldiers wounded, Governor Captain James Stirling decided to return immediately to
He says that in 1864, 1,000 Cheyenne and Arapaho liked around Sand Creek. On the morning of November 29th, hundreds of soldiers appear at the village. A chief raised an american flag as a sign of friendship. Soon after, the soldiers opened fire with rifles and cannons. 150 indians were killed, most of which were women, children, and the elderly, Before leaving, the troops burned down the village.
“The Dog Soldiers sought for revenge on the settlers throughout the Platte valley, including an 1865 attack on what then became Fort Caspar, Wyoming”(wikipedia.com). Following the massacre, the few that survived arrived to the camps of Cheyenne on the Smokey hill and Republican rivers. “The war pipe was smoked and passed from camp to camp among the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors in the area. In January 1865, the three had planned to carry out an attack with one thousand warriors on the stage station and fort, called Camp Rankin”(wikipedia.com). “This attack was then followed by multiple raids along the south Platte both east and west, and a second raid on the town of Julesburg in early February”(wikipedia.com).
Along his journey it was also told that he was greeted by friendly Pawnee Indians. They took his bearskin and sewed it to his back, protecting his bare flesh. They provided him with food and weapons. He then built a raft and went down the river and arrived at Fort Kiowa. After recovering, Hugh set out to find Jim Bridger and John Fitzgerald.
The army entered and stayed in Livingston county for 4 days. Within a short period of time they decided to scout out where the indian village was. The following morning they ended up at an abandoned indian village. While they headed back they encountered indians along the way and pursued them. They led him into an ambush of 800 indian.
“By this fatal maneuver three men were laid dead on the spot and two more struggling for life; but what showed a degree of cruelty unknown to British troops, at least since the house of Hanover has directed their operation, was an attempt to fire upon or push with their bayonets the persons who undertook to remove the slain and wounded!” When the colonists tried to help their injured friends, the soldiers took it upon themselves to fire upon those who tried to help. This is an example of how little the soldiers cared about the wellbeing of the
Richard, I did some research on the Sand Creek Massacre and found an article that you might be interested in reading. The article is titled “Sand Creek Massacre: Colorado 's land grab from Native tribes”, written by Gregory Hobbs. This article talks more about this event with details that were not located in the book. In this article it states that most of the dead were women, children, and elderly men. Hobbs, Gregory.
The shots that were fired were too fast to just be one person because the bolt action rifle that was supposedly used couldn’t fire that fast even professional shooters that we tested couldn't do that and the shots that were fired came out in less than 10 seconds. The text says that there was also a police killing the same day too but the two eyewitness descriptions were
BREAKING NEWS from the colonies, last night on March 5, 1770 at the Customs House an altercation between the British Troops and the colonists began, causing the deaths of 5 colonists. Yet, the colonists are no angels, what was supposed to be a small demonstration against the British turned deadly. The colonists are said to have provoked officers, by throwing stones, snowballs, and sticks at them. The history of the Boston, Massachusetts colonists and the British Troops is not good all. This is because ever since the British Troops were placed in the colony to enforce the Townshend Acts, the colonists have been on edge, but the peace has been kept until now.
A line of men remained at intervals from the location of the battle to Franklin, in which they would be able to relay the news to the Franklin settlers should the Indians prevail in the battle. However, the cavalry crossed the Bear River with much difficulty due to freezing water and floating ice. After crossing, a skirmish line was formed, and the first attack commenced. After twenty minutes of fighting, the soldiers were repulsed three times and again resumed the attack.
By the mid-eighteenth century, tensions between the Native American tribes and English settlers had mounted to an all time high. Mistrust was frequent, as was betrayal. Fighting could break out in a minute, and then be finished the next. Political relationships were broken because of a war and massacre; the economy boomed because of barbaric markets & fur trade. Yet, a lasting effect took place after a war and fruit picking that shattered relations with the tribes for years to come.
When the shooting ended, several people were dead and more were wounded” (Document 3). “No man was a warmer wisher for a [peaceful settlement] than myself, before the fatal nineteenth of April,
One soldier, Captain Thomas Preston, was the man who fired the shots that killed five people. Three civilians died immediately; two died in the hospital for their wounds. The shooter was arrested for manslaughter. A little over
Tear gas canisters and rocks were being thrown back and forth from the guards and the protestors until things went out of hand. The National Guards opened fire at the rally for as long as 13 seconds. A total of sixty-seven shots were fired. When the long 13 seconds ended, nine students were down wounded, and four students killed. Two of the students who died were not a part of the rally and the other two were involved.
The us wanted the Nez perce tribe to sign a treaty, when the Nez Perce didn’t sign the treaty and so the us government forced them to sign the treaty and then the us turned around and didn’t follow the treaties rules. No the us wasn’t justified in their actions leading up to and during the Nez Perce war. After the native americans signed the treaties the us government the the natives land. According to uidaho.edu the wallowa band didn’t want to take part in signing a treaty that would eliminate their ancestral homeland from newly reduced Nez Perce reservations.
The events of the Boston Massacre are recorded as a group of British soldiers firing upon a large group of colonists, killing three people on sight, one expired after the event, three were badly wounded, and four were slightly wounded totaling 11 civilians being shot. With multiple individuals such as Captain Thomas Preston, and Theodore Bliss claiming there were at least 100 people, as well as Peter Cunningham accounting 30-40 citizens gathered at the customs house. All three of these individuals were reliable in their depositions. Bliss and Cunningham were uninvolved in the act, both were bystanders to the situation.