Hells Canyon massacre

Hells Canyon massacre
Part of Anti-Chinese violence in Oregon
Hells Canyon and the Snake River, near Dug Bar (2011)
Date	May 27, 1887 - May 28, 1887[1]
Location	Chinese Massacre Cove, Wallowa County, Oregon, United States 45°46′47″N 116°39′54″W / 45.7797222°N 116.6650000°W / 45.7797222; -116.6650000
Caused by	Greed
Goals	Exclusion, gold theft
Methods	ambush, mass shooting
Parties
Horse thieves[2] Chinese gold-miners
Number
4-7 34
Casualties and losses
None 10-34

30km
20miles

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4

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2

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Locations in Hells Canyon

1

Chinese Massacre Cove & Robinson Gulch (Chea Po)

2

Dug Bar (fording location)

3

Salt Creek (Lee She)

4

Lime Point

5

Log Cabin Island (now Lower Granite Dam)

6

Penawawa, Washington

The Hells Canyon massacre (also known as the Snake River massacre) was a massacre where thirty-four Chinese goldminers were ambushed and murdered in May 1887. In 2005, the area was renamed Chinese Massacre Cove, and a memorial was placed there in 2012 in three languages, Chinese, English, and Nez Perce.