Should the Bear River Incident be considered as a massacre? Remember what happened in early 1863? Terrible right. But the question comes up whether it was a battle or a massacre. The Bear Incident should be considered a massacre, rather than a battle. Why? You will find out sooner or later. First, there were many dead bodies at the Bear River Incident. In fact, according to William Hull, on paragraph 2 of section 2, there were dead bodies everywhere and said that there were nearly 400 dead bodies. Connor also stated that there were 224 bodies.Furthermore, William Hull said, “Never will I forget the scene, dead were everywhere.” What makes this a massacre? Massacre is the killing of a large number of humans. Since there were