Bloody Falls massacre

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The Bloody Falls massacre was an incident that took place during Hudson's Bay Company employee Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River for copper deposits near modern-day Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada on 17 July 1771.^[1][2] Hearne's original travelogue is now lost, and the narrative that became famous was published after Hearne's death with substantial editorializing.^[3] The narrative states that Chipewyan and "Copper Indian"^[4] Dene men led by Hearne's guide and companion Matonabbee attacked a group of Copper Inuit^[5] camped by rapids approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Coppermine River.