[Deseret] Paiute people attacked U.S. Army Captain John W. Gunnison and his party of 37 soldiers and railroad surveyors near Sevier Lake, Utah. Gunnison and seven other men were killed.
[Source: Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-TimeLine2.html]
The masscre occured on Oct.26th (not the 25th).
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