Alfred Waddington, the sponsor of the road construction
Date
1864
Location
British Columbia Interior
Belligerents
White workers working for Alfred Waddington
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people
Casualties and losses
14–19 killed[1][2]
15+ wounded and killed
5 arrested and hanged1
1The five arrested were allegedly tricked into meeting Colonial officials under the false pretense of a truce.
The Chilcotin War, the Chilcotin Uprising or the Bute Inlet Massacre was a confrontation in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people in British Columbia and white road construction workers. Fourteen men employed by Alfred Waddington in the building of a road from Bute Inlet were killed, as well as a number of men with a pack-train near Anahim Lake and a settler at Puntzi Lake.
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