Chilcotin War

Chilcotin War
Alfred Waddington, the sponsor of the road construction
Date 1864 Location British Columbia Interior
Belligerents
White workers working for Alfred Waddington	Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people
Casualties and losses
14–19 killed[1][2]	15+ wounded and killed 5 arrested and hanged1
1The five arrested were allegedly tricked into meeting Colonial officials under the false pretense of a truce.

The Chilcotin War, the Chilcotin Uprising or the Bute Inlet Massacre was a confrontation in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people in British Columbia and white road construction workers. Fourteen men employed by Alfred Waddington in the building of a road from Bute Inlet were killed, as well as a number of men with a pack-train near Anahim Lake and a settler at Puntzi Lake.