Bear Hunter (died January 29, 1863), "also known as Wirasuap (bear spirit)" was a Shoshone chief of the Great Basin in the 1860s. On January 29, 1863, he and his Shoshone band (Northwestern Band) were attacked by the US Army in what is known as the

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. In 1862, a Californian volunteer infantry led by

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established a fort on the

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near

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. In January 1863, they attacked Bear Hunter's village in an action known as the

today. Bear Hunter was among those tortured and killed.

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