What the records say
- When
- 6 Aug 1851
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 3
- Coordinates
- 45.00° N, 114.00° W
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Clark massacre
Massacre
In August, 1851, a band of Shoshoni Indians led by Cho Cho Co reportedly attacked a wagon train led by Thomas Clark on the Oregon Trail near where the Raft River joins the Snake River in present-day Idaho. Afterward, reports held that the natives' primary objective was to steal horses from Thomas Clark's wagon train party, and that the indigenous tribe killed Clark's mother and brother and another man traveling with…
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