Kabyai Creek or Kaibai Creek is a tributary of the McCloud River in Shasta County, California.[gnis|262059] It flows into the river opposite the McCloud Bridge Campground in the Shasta–Trinity National Forest. Kabyai Creek, USGS Map Name: Bollibokka Mountain, CA, from topoquest.com accessed June 6, 2013
History The mouth of Kabyai Creek, was the site of a Winnemem Wintu village, that suffered an attack by a party of white settlers, the Kabyai Creek Massacre on August 17, 1854. The burial site of the massacre is among those of the Winnemem Wintu being threatened with being submerged by Shasta Lake if the proposed raising of Shasta Dam occurs.Brian Melley, Tribe dances to protest Shasta Dam expansion, Wednesday, Seattle Times, September 15, 2004, from seattletimes.com accessed June 6, 2013Peter Fimrite, Winnemem Wintu tribe stages war dance as protest, San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, May 26, 2012, from sfgate.com accessed June 7, 2013
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