Tag Archives: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Corporal Charles H. Newell, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Died of Wounds
Following the initial melee at Wounded Knee surrounding the council circle, many of the soldiers of B and K troops, the two units that formed a V around the Lakota men, lay dead or dying. Correspondent Charles H. Cressey furiously wrote … Continue reading
Testimony of Captain Edward Settle Godfrey, Commander, D Troop, 7th Cavalry
I here opened fire on the Indians who had crossed the ravine, who were attempting to escape. Captain Edward Settle Godfrey was forty-seven years old and had been with the 7th Cavalry since June 1867 upon graduation from West Point. … Continue reading
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

