Massacred for gold
Subtitle: the Chinese in Hells Canyon
By: by R. Gregory Nokes.
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Corvallis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780870715709
Subjects: Snake River Massacre, 1887; Chinese Americans -- Crimes against -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Gold miners -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Immigrants -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Massacres -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Murder -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Racism -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- History -- 19th century; Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) -- History -- 19th century
Description: Provides an account of the massacre of over thirty Chinese gold miners on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, a crime that has remained unsolved since 1887, and provides evidence that indicates the killers were a gang of seven rustlers and schoolboys who were never prosecuted for the murders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.