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Shoshoni-Bannock Marauders on the Oregon Trail 1859-1863 BY BRIGHAM D. MADSEN
^ _ J n the morning of January 29, 1863, in weather so cold that whiskey froze in their canteens, Colonel Patrick E. Connor's California Volunteers swam their horses and themselves across ice-choked Bear River to attack an entrenched encampment of several hundred Shoshoni Dr. Madsen is deputy academic vice-president, University of Utah. The material for much of this article was completed under a research grant from Utah State University Division of Research. The photographs of the three Indian braves and one squaw were furnished by the author.
