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{{Short description|1860 attack on Native Americans on the Oregon Trail}}
[[File:ReubenVanOrnum.png|thumb|right|The boy (front, center) was said to be Reuben Van Ornum after being rescued from captivity]]▼
{{Infobox event
| title = Utter Party Massacre
| image = ReubenVanOrnum.png
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| date = {{start date|1860|09|09}}
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| location = Fork of the [[Oregon Trail]], [[Washington Territory]] (modern day [[Idaho]]), [[United States]]
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| also_known_as = Van Ornum party massacre, Myers massacre, Utter train massacre, Salmon Falls Massacre, Sinker Creek Tragedy
| type = Attack
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| target = Emigrant group
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| participants = 44 emigrants
| outcome = 29 killed or captured; 10 survivors found in a dire state
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The '''Utter Party Massacre''' was an attack by Native Americans on September 9 or 13,<ref name="Carey_p661"/> 1860, that killed or captured 29 of a group of 44 emigrants on a fork of the [[Oregon Trail]] in [[Washington Territory]] (modern day [[Idaho]]), United States. 10 survivors were found on October 24, 1860, emaciated and eating the disinterred remains of a party member.<ref>Schlicke, p. 5</ref> Historian Charles Henry Carey described the attack as "more atrocious than any that had preceded it".<ref name="Carey_p661">Carey, p. 661</ref> It was noted as a "rare [occasion] when Indians not only attempted but sustained a prolonged assault on encircled emigrant wagons".<ref>Site of Utter Party Massacre, p. 1</ref>
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It has also been referred to by its location, including '''Salmon Falls Massacre''' (referring to [[Salmon Falls (Snake River)|Salmon Falls]] on the [[Snake River]])<ref>Site of Utter Party Massacre, p. 3</ref> and the Sinker Creek Tragedy.<ref name="McArthur, p. 97"/>
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|first=Carl P.
|title=Massacre on the Oregon Trail: A Tale of Horror, Cannibalism & Three Remarkable Children
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|volume=1
|issue=1
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|url=http://www.washingtonhistory.org/files/library/01-1_Schlicke.pdf
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