Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Massacre at Bloody Falls was an incident that took place during Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River on the 17 July 1771. Chipewyan and "Copper Indian" Dene men led by Hearne's guide and companion Matonabbee attacked a group of Copper Inuit camped by rapids approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Coppermine River. Just after midnight on 17 July, the Dene set upon the Inuit camp and killed approximately 20 men, women, and children. Hearne was traumatized by the massacre, saying "...and I am confident that my features must have feelingly expressed how sincerely I was affected at the barbarous scene I then witnessed; even at this hour I cannot reflect on the transactions of that horrid day without shedding tears." He named the waterfall Bloody Falls.Historians and critics continue to argue about the events that transpired, given that apart from Hearne's unpublished journal and his published account of the massacre at Bloody Falls, there is no substantiated Inuit, European, or Indian documentation or evidence of the massacre ever having taken place. This has often made Hearne's account of the massacre the subject of scrutiny by literary critics and historians. Hearne's involvement in the massacre also remains subject to questioning, with some authors like Robin McGrath claiming that Hearne and his countrymen supplied the weapons that were used, and that Hearne was every bit as responsible for the deaths of the Inuit as Matonabbee and his men were.The site of the massacre, which was the traditional home of the Kogluktogmiut, is now located in Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park near Kugluktuk, Nunavut. It was designated a National Historic Site in 1978.In 1996, Dene and Inuit representatives participated in a healing ceremony to reconcile the centuries-old grievance.The incident is referred to in the John Newlove poem Samuel Hearne in Wintertime.. }
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- Bloody_Falls_Massacre abstract "The Massacre at Bloody Falls was an incident that took place during Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River on the 17 July 1771. Chipewyan and "Copper Indian" Dene men led by Hearne's guide and companion Matonabbee attacked a group of Copper Inuit camped by rapids approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Coppermine River. Just after midnight on 17 July, the Dene set upon the Inuit camp and killed approximately 20 men, women, and children. Hearne was traumatized by the massacre, saying "...and I am confident that my features must have feelingly expressed how sincerely I was affected at the barbarous scene I then witnessed; even at this hour I cannot reflect on the transactions of that horrid day without shedding tears." He named the waterfall Bloody Falls.Historians and critics continue to argue about the events that transpired, given that apart from Hearne's unpublished journal and his published account of the massacre at Bloody Falls, there is no substantiated Inuit, European, or Indian documentation or evidence of the massacre ever having taken place. This has often made Hearne's account of the massacre the subject of scrutiny by literary critics and historians. Hearne's involvement in the massacre also remains subject to questioning, with some authors like Robin McGrath claiming that Hearne and his countrymen supplied the weapons that were used, and that Hearne was every bit as responsible for the deaths of the Inuit as Matonabbee and his men were.The site of the massacre, which was the traditional home of the Kogluktogmiut, is now located in Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park near Kugluktuk, Nunavut. It was designated a National Historic Site in 1978.In 1996, Dene and Inuit representatives participated in a healing ceremony to reconcile the centuries-old grievance.The incident is referred to in the John Newlove poem Samuel Hearne in Wintertime.".