The "Chilcotin Uprising" was a disturbance which broke out in April of 1864 when a group of Chilcotin Indians massacred fourteen workmen on a trail being built from Bute Inlet to the interior of British Columbia.
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The Chilcotin War, the Chilcotin Uprising or the Bute Inlet Massacre was a confrontation in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people in ...
Mar 27, 2018 · A volunteer army of mainly American newcomers were dispatched from the colonial capital of New Westminster to put down the rebellion in the name ...
Mar 21, 2023 · When the Colony martyred five of “the Chilcotin Chiefs” on October 26, 1864 it was one of the largest mass executions in Canadian history, ...
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A Tŝilhqot'in Chief named Klatsassin led 24 warriors in a surprise attack at dawn, killing 12 of the road crew who lay asleep in their tents.
The events which sparked the Chilcotin War began in the spring of 1864. Some Tsilhqot'in people, smallpox survivors, were still ill and starving when they came ...
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Chilcotin War (1864). In April 1864 several road builders and local residents were killed at Bute Inlet, B.C., by a group of Chilcotins (Tsilhqot'ins) under ...
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The Chilcotin War · The chiefs created a group of warriors which went to attack the colonials and get rid of them from their territory · Formed two military ...
Resisting these intrusions, a small group of Tsilhqot'in killed several workers on this road in what is known as the Chilcotin War of 1864. Six Tsilhqot'in were ...
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It was the deadliest series of attacks by Indigenous people on immigrants in western Canada, before or since. Within six weeks an army of over 100 men were in ...
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