Category Archives: Newspaper Articles
Investigation of the White Horse Creek Tragedy
I then called to the captain that it was squaws, and he replied “Don’t kill the squaws.” I said – it is too late, I am afraid they are already killed. –First Sergeant Herman Gunther Three weeks after Wounded Knee an … Continue reading
Posted in Enlisted, Newspaper Articles, Official Reports, Wounded Knee Investigation
Tagged 1890, 1891, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Big Foot, Cavalry, Edward Godfrey, Fort Riley, Lakota, Miniconjou, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, White Horse Creek, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Sting of the Bee: A Day-By-Day Account of Wounded Knee and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 – 1891 as Recorded in the Omaha Bee
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. —Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs, 1732 I am proud to introduce my first publication, Sting of the Bee: A Day-By-Day Account of Wounded Knee and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 – 1891 as Recorded … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890, 1891, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Cavalry Troop, Charles Cressey, Department of the Platte, ghost dance, Lakota, Nelson A. Miles, Oglala Lakota, Omaha Bee, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Campaign, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, Sitting Bull, White Clay Creek, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Emma Cornelia Sickels – Heroine of Pine Ridge or Self-Promoter
Little Wound’s face grew black. I could see the men tighten their Grasp upon their knives, and knew that my life was in the balance. Breaking from my general theme of this site, I have chosen to write about an … Continue reading
Sam Russell
