Battle at the Little Bighorn

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Custer’s Last Stand

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Sitting Bull

Enduring harsh punishment Sitting Bull was detained as a prisoner of war at Fort Randall from '81 - '83. He was later released.

In 1885, Sitting Bull traveled around the world as a star performer with Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show

In 1890, Sitting Bull was killed by Red Tomahawk who was one of the Sioux police sent by Agent James McLaughlin.

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Tension was running high following the the murder of Sitting Bull. The Miniconjou Hunkpapa Sioux Indians left the reservations and head toward the Badlands.

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Massacre at Wounded Knee

Months after the death of Sitting Bull, small battles arose around the Dakota territories.

U.S. Calvary was on the look out for any rebel Sioux leaders, one of whom was Big Foot.

When the Calvary found him, he was in poor health and surrendered peacefully.

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He had the misfortune to fall into the hands of the seventh Calvary. They brought the Big Foot and his band to a campsite near Wounded Knee, already well within the borders of the reservation.

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No one knows what caused the disturbance, no one claims the first shot, the Wounded Knee Massacre began fiercely with the Hotchkiss guns raining fragmentation shells into the village at a combined rate of 200 or more rounds a minute. The 500 well armed Cavalry Troopers were well positioned using crossing fire to methodically carry out what is known as the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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Almost immediately most of the Sioux Indian men were killed. A few Sioux killed 29 soldiers and wound 39 more. Resisting was pointless, as long as an Indian moved, the guns kept firing. Unarmed Sioux Indian Women and children were mercilessly massacred. A few ran as far as three miles only to be chased by the Cavalry and put to death

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Officers and men were revengeful and trigger-happy The Hotchkiss guns were pouring shells into groups of mothers and children.