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Father Francis M. J. Craft – Missionary Wounded in Battle
Just as the tree can be traced from its smallest branches to its root, just so all this Indian trouble can be traced through all its phases to its true cause, starvation, abject misery, and despair, the cause of which is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Big Foot, Brule, Father Francis Craft, Lakota, Military Investigation, Miniconjou, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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The Opening of the Fight at Wounded Knee
There was an instant, and then we heard sounds of firing in the centre of the Indians. ‘Fire!’ I shouted, and we poured it into them. –Lieutenant J. D. Mann– Frederic Remington drew this sketch of the opening shots at … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 