Cypress Hills Massacre

Cypress Hills Massacre
Cypress Hills Massacre
	Site of the Cypress Hills Massacre
Location	Saskatchewan, Canada
Nearest city	Maple Creek No. 111
Coordinates	49°32′57″N 109°52′05″W / 49.54917°N 109.86806°W
Year of event	1873
National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1 January 1964

The Cypress Hills Massacre^[1]^[2]^[3] occurred on June 1, 1873, near Battle Creek in the Cypress Hills region of Canada's North-West Territories (now in Saskatchewan). It involved a group of American bison hunters, American wolf hunters or "wolfers", American and Canadian whisky traders, Métis cargo haulers or "freighters", and a camp of Assiniboine people. Thirteen or more Assiniboine warriors and one wolfer died in the conflict. The Cypress Hills Massacre prompted the Canadian government to accelerate the recruitment and deployment of the newly formed North-West Mounted Police.

^ Hildebrandt, Walter. "Cypress Hills Massacre". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. University of Regina. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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^ The Cypress Hills Massacre at Parks Canada

[encsas-1] Hildebrandt, Walter. "Cypress Hills Massacre". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. University of Regina. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2008-03-28.

[nhsc-2] Cite error: The named reference nhsc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[parks-3] The Cypress Hills Massacre at Parks Canada

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