By Brigham D. Madsen
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Page 12 Even today, except for a few scholars and a few knowledgeable attorneys concerned with aboriginal land claims, many people still throw up their hands in dismay and talk about a general population of Shoshoni Indians with little appreciation for their differences and the geographical boundaries of their tribal homelands. Emigrants along the trails and Mormon farmers in the Great Basin quickly destroyed what had once been a mostly comfortable existence. "14 All three diary entries were typical incidental comments by casual observers.
Page 12 Even today, except for a few scholars and a few knowledgeable attorneys concerned with aboriginal land claims, many people still throw up their hands in dismay and talk about a general population of Shoshoni Indians with little appreciation for their differences and the geographical boundaries of their tribal homelands. Emigrants along the trails and Mormon farmers in the Great Basin quickly destroyed what had once been a mostly comfortable existence. "14 All three diary entries were typical incidental comments by casual observers.
This seems a somewhat grisly way of assigning importance to a historical incident, but it is difficult to come up with either a more precise or compelling criterion. 43 These three are typical of the general histories. The very fact that Utah historians, with few exceptions, have continued to call this encounter a battle rather than a massacre may have some significance in this respect. Of course, if army troops were killed by "savage" Indians, as in "Custer's Last Stand" of 1876, there was little reluctance in reporting it as a massacre.