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Nokes, R. Gregory.
Massacred for gold : the Chinese in Hells Canyon.
2009.
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2009.
208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provides an account of the massacre of over thirty Chinese gold miners on the Oregon side of Hell's 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.
20190504.
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.
United States -- Hell's Canyon.
United States -- Snake River Valley.
History.