Category Archives: Official Reports
Watching Big Foot
The Camp of Observation on the Cheyenne River Adapted from remarks delivered by Colonel Samuel L. Russell, U.S. Army retiredto the Order of the Indian Wars Annual Assemblyat Rapid City, South Dakota, September 5, 2024 “Big Foot advi[sed that] no one … Continue reading
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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Flight of Big Foot’s Band: Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner’s Report
I was not aware that Big Foot or his people were considered hostile, and am now at a loss to understand why they were so considered, every act of theirs being within my experience directly to the contrary, and reports … Continue reading
Posted in Officers, Official Reports
Tagged 1890, Cavalry, cheyenne River Agency, Hunkpapa, Lakota, Miniconjou, Oglala Lakota, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 