Halloway massacre
mass murder of American pioneers
The Halloway massacre (August 13, 1857) was an attack by presumed Northern Paiute on a wagon train of settlers travelling to the newly formed U.S. state of California. It occurred near the head of the Humboldt River and present day Wells, Nevada.
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A man named Mr. Halloway led the group which consisted of only a few wagons and nine other people, including his family. Another wagon train followed behind the Halloway's though they were too far away to help when the natives attacked. It was dawn on the morning of August 13 when warriors quickly rode in on horseback and began killing the settlers with arrows and gunfire. "Mr. Halloway was killed right away with two men and his infant child.. Mrs. Halloway was also shot twice, slightly wounding her.
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