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Reed Party Massacre Burial Ground

Parma, Canyon County, Idaho, USA

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    Coordinates: 43.81400, -117.02000
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About January 10, 1814, a party of revenge-seeking Bannock or Nez Perce tribal members attacked and killed a group of White and Metis trappers who were employed the Pacific Fur Company, under the direction of John Reed, near the mouth of the Boise River, where it joins the Snake River. Jacob Rezner and Pierre Dorion (Jr.) were killed outright; Giles LeClerc was mortally wounded and died soon afterwards. The marauders then moved upriver where they attacked and killed the larger group. Pierre DeLaunay, John Hobough, Andre LaChapelle, Edward Robinson and John Reed all died at the main camp near present-day Caldwell.
Pierre Dorion's Iowa/Sioux wife Marie, historically known as Madame Dorion, and their two small boys were the only survivors.
Numerous historical accounts of these events vary in significant details, as do the spellings of the names of the victims. Two other men are sometimes included among the victims of the massacre, but they appear to have perished about the same time due to natural causes -- Francois Landry (during the winter he fell from his horse, lingered a while, and died) and Jean Baptiste Turcotte succumbed to tuberculosis.
All of the deceased were likely buried where they fell; they are included in this joint memorial as a matter of convenience, because the location of the initial attack is more certain.
About January 10, 1814, a party of revenge-seeking Bannock or Nez Perce tribal members attacked and killed a group of White and Metis trappers who were employed the Pacific Fur Company, under the direction of John Reed, near the mouth of the Boise River, where it joins the Snake River. Jacob Rezner and Pierre Dorion (Jr.) were killed outright; Giles LeClerc was mortally wounded and died soon afterwards. The marauders then moved upriver where they attacked and killed the larger group. Pierre DeLaunay, John Hobough, Andre LaChapelle, Edward Robinson and John Reed all died at the main camp near present-day Caldwell.
Pierre Dorion's Iowa/Sioux wife Marie, historically known as Madame Dorion, and their two small boys were the only survivors.
Numerous historical accounts of these events vary in significant details, as do the spellings of the names of the victims. Two other men are sometimes included among the victims of the massacre, but they appear to have perished about the same time due to natural causes -- Francois Landry (during the winter he fell from his horse, lingered a while, and died) and Jean Baptiste Turcotte succumbed to tuberculosis.
All of the deceased were likely buried where they fell; they are included in this joint memorial as a matter of convenience, because the location of the initial attack is more certain.

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