POCATELLO, Idaho -- An archaeologist says the exact location of the Bear River Massacre in eastern Idaho has been determined.
State Historic Preservation Office Director Ken Reid says he and a team from Utah State University used modern technology and maps created by soldiers at the 1863 massacre that left up to 500 Northwestern Shoshone dead.
The Idaho State Journal reports that Reid presented his findings Saturday to the Pocatello Historic Preservation Committee at Idaho State University.
Reid says the Bear River has shifted several times and that the confluence with what is now named Battle Creek is about 750 yards north.
Reid says the site is in Franklin County near Preston.
Tribal members each year in late January gather in the area to offer songs and prayers to the dead.
