Cypress Hills Massacre - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Cypress Hills Massacre - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Cypress Hills MassacreThe Cypress Hills Massacre at Parks Canada occurred on June 1, 1873, near Battle Creek in the Cypress Hills region of Canada's 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 Assiniboine people. Thirteen or more Assiniboine warriors and one wolfer died in the conflict. The Cypress Hills Massacre prompted the Canadian government to accelerate the recruitment and deployment of the newly formed North-West Mounted Police. Read more on Wikipedia
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