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Death on the Washita

May 18, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'black kettle', 'Captain Henry Alvord', 'Fort Cobb', 'Indian Peace Commission', 'Major General William Hazen', 'Oglala Sioux', 'Peace Chief', Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, custer, Kiowa, Washita

In an attempt to bring an end to years of fighting, the US government formed the Indian Peace Commission to

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

Wounded Knee

May 4, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Colonel James Forsyth', 'ghost dance', 'kicking bear', 'native american history', 'nelson miles', 'plains indians', 'short bull', 'spotted elk', 'wild west', 'wounded knee', 'yellow bird', Lakota, Wovoka

By the end of 1890, the US government’s subjugation of the Native American peoples was virtually complete with the remnants

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

Crazy Horse

April 15, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'Battle of the Little Bighorn', 'Battle of the Rosebud', 'Black Shawl', 'Conquering Bear', 'crazy horse', 'High Forehead', 'Hugh Fleming', 'John Lawrence Grattan', 'little big horn', 'native american', 'No Water', 'Ogli Tanka Un', 'Thasunjke Witko', 'The Wagon Box Fight', 'Treaty of Fort Laramie', 'wild west', Lakota, sioux

There are times when a famous person’s life and exploits are so embroidered by writers and historians that it difficult

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

Hugh Glass: Mountain Man

April 7, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 1 Comment 'fur trading', 'hugh glass', 'Jim Bridger', 'John Fitzpatrick', 'Johnson Gardner', Arickara, frontiersman

Hugh Glass was born in Pennsylvania to Irish parents in 1783. Little is known of his early life, but various

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

Billy the Kid

March 24, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'billy the kid', 'fort summer', 'Lincoln County', 'pat garrett', 'Quien es? Quien es?', 'wild west', 'william h bonney', regulators

Billy the Kid was born William Henry McCarty Jnr on November 23rd 1859 in New York City. He was slim,

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

Wild Bill Hickok

January 28, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'davis tutt', 'high noon', 'James Butler Hickok', 'wild bill', 'wild west'

James Butler Hickok, later known as “Wild Bill”, was born in Homer Illinois on May 27th 1837. He is one

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

Massacre at Sand Creek

January 7, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'black kettle', Arapaho, Assiniboine, Cheyenne, Chivington, Crow, Kiowa, laramie, Mandans, sioux

On September 17th 1851, a treaty was signed at Fort Laramie between the United States government and the Indian nations

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

The Fetterman Fight

January 7, 2013June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'fort kearny', 'indian nation', 'red cloud', fetterman, sioux

By 1866, the western expansion of American settlers had reached Montana and Wyoming, the traditional hunting grounds of the Lakota

Civil War, American Indian Wars, Pioneers (1801-1900)

Trouble in Tombstone

December 18, 2012June 17, 2020 Jim Keys 0 Comments 'wild west', 'wyatt earp', cowboys, tombstone

In 1877, a prospector named Edward Schieffelin was digging for silver at Goose Flats, a desert area some 12 miles

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