Troops of the United States Army led…
January 1863 CE
Several incidents in the summer and fall of 1862 had led to the battle between Bear Hunter and Colonel Connor.
These incidents were related to broad struggles between indigenous peoples and European-American settlers over almost the entire United States west of the Mississippi River.
The attention of most of the nation's population is focused on the Civil War in the eastern states.
Some historians have overlooked these incidents because they occurred near the ill-defined boundary of two different territories: those of Washington and Utah.
This conflict marks the final significant influence of the Shoshone nation upon Cache Valley and its immediate surroundings.
In addition to opening the northern part of Cache Valley to Mormon settlement, Cache Valley also offers a staging area for additional settlements in southeastern Idaho.
Friction between the Mormons and Colonel Connor will continue for many more years with accusations of harassment of non-Mormons in the Utah Territory and criticisms by Mormons of Connor's attempts to begin a mining industry in Utah.
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