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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]]▼
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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>▼
| 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"/>
==Name==
The incident has been referred to by many names. Some have referred to it by family names of party members, including the '''Van Ornum party massacre''', the '''Myers massacre''', the '''Utter train massacre''', and other variations.<ref name="McArthur, p. 97">McArthur, p. 97.</ref>
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
The Interstate 84 road sign lists it as the Van Ornum Battle site.
▲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>McArthur, p. 97.</ref>
==Citations==
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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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|pages=400–408
|publisher=University of Nebraska Press
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[[Category:Massacres by Native Americans]]
[[Category:Oregon Trail]]
[[Category:September 1860 events]]
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