Kabyai Creek Massacre

Name: Kabyai Creek Massacre
Start: 1854

1854 CE.

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The Kabyai Creek massacre or Kaibai Creek massacre (August 17, 1854) was a massacre against the Winnemem Wintu people, a part of the bigger series of events known as the California Indian Wars, in which mass violence, militia sponsored campaigns, and massacres occurred. For the Kabyai Creek massacre, a party of white settlers attacked a Winnemem Wintu village at Kabyai Creek, on the McCloud River. 42 Winnemem Wintu men, women, and children were killed.

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