Researchers believe that bullets, musket balls, cavalry uniform buttons and Native American artifacts found in Owens Lake point to the massacre of 35 Paiute Indians by settlers and soldiers in 1863.
LONE PINE, Calif. — Oral histories of Native Americans and U.S. Cavalry records offer insights into a horrific massacre here in 1863: Thirty-five Paiute Indians were chased into Owens Lake by settlers and soldiers to drown or be gunned down.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/gC513YRJjy8/la-me-massacre-site-20130603,0,7880456.story
LONE PINE, Calif. — Oral histories of Native Americans and U.S. Cavalry records offer insights into a horrific massacre here in 1863: Thirty-five Paiute Indians were chased into Owens Lake by settlers and soldiers to drown or be gunned down.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/gC513YRJjy8/la-me-massacre-site-20130603,0,7880456.story
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