Tag Archives: Big Foot
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
First Sergeant Dora Sherman Coffey, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
It was bitterly cold. The warriors’ blankets covered them completely, exposing only their eyes. My first sergeant and I, with a few men, started the search of the line. —Captain Charles A. Varnum Dora S. Coffey, the young twenty-four-year-old first … 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
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 