Bloody Point Massacre - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Bloody Point Massacre - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Bloody Point Massacre site is California Historical Landmark No. 8 in Modoc County, California on County Road 104 in Tulelake, California. The site is where the deadest massacres of emigrants on the Oregon Trail happened in 1850. On the trail 90 men, women, and children were killed by Modoc Tribe warriors. The historical spot is three miles South of Oregon California border. Later the conflict grew to the Modoc War (1872 to 1873), between the Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon. After the attack only one person survived, the history of the attack is known by his escape and telling of the event. Hearing the news Colonel John E. Ross went to the site and found the remains of the dead, tortured and mutilated. There were other attacks along the trail there. In 1851 a Wagon train was saved the same fate, as Captain John F. Miller and some volunteers rode out to meet a Wagon train to escort them, at the same spot, Bloody Point, and they found the Wagon train about to be attacked. A Wagon train near Crooked Creek was attacked by the same warriors.Beck, Warren A. and Ynez D. Hasse. The Modoc War, 1872 to 1873. California State Military Museum. (10 Feb 2008) Smith, J. L. (2010). A Chronological History of the Oregon War, 1850 to 1878. Anchorage, AK: White Stone Press.Reminiscences of a Pioneer,Chapter 8, History of the Modoc Indians Read more on Wikipedia
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