Bannock War

The Bannock, who call themselves Panáti, had the prairie in writing. Article 2 of the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 promised them a reservation embracing parts of the "Port Neuf" and "Kansas Prairie" countries, and Kansas was a transcriber's slip for Camas. With no Kansas Prairie anywhere in Idaho, the promise was ignored, and settlers turned hogs loose to root up the camas bulbs the people dug each spring. Buffalo Horn was killed in a fight on June 8, 1878. Shoshone-Bannock families still come to the prairie in late May and June to dig camas.

What the plaque says

Bannock War Angered by white encroachment on Camas Prairie lands which had been guaranteed to the Bannock Indians by treaty, Buffalo Horn's band went to war May 30, 1878. Trouble had been brewing on the reservation for years, and the government had consistently disregarded its treaty obligations. Some Bannocks still refused to get involved, but the rest began the war in this valley and fought clear to central Oregon before returning, defeated, to Idaho and Wyoming. 277 Text prepared by the Idaho Historical Society Marker made & installed by Idaho Transportation Department

Where it stands

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