In the early morning of Oct. 8, 1855, a band of agitated Jacksonville volunteers led by James Lupton attacked a small village on the north bank of the Rogue River across from Little Butte Creek. The massacre left more than 20 natives dead, mostly women, children and old men, as well as Lupton himself. Its larger significance lay in its aftermath--it sparked immediate reprisals by a small group of angered warriors, who swept down the river the next day, murdering unsuspecting settlers and burning their cabins, and thus setting off the war of 1855-56. This view looks north across a bend in the Rogue where Little Butte Creek enters from the east. Upper Table Rock is visible in the distance.