the shoshone had been supplied by the mormons and large quantities of wheat and articles of war were captured by connor's command after the battle at bear river. according to connor, an indian survivor later said that the large band of indians was planning on destroying the town of franklin in modern-day idaho. connor's dispatches are detailed in "the war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the union and confederate armies of the pacific theater". for a less biased view, brigham madsen's book "the northern shosoni" tells a different story.