"Battle of Wolf Mountain" Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 Mar 2019 4:22 p.m. PST |
"…The story: Seven months after Little Bighorn, most Sioux and Northern Cheyenne had resigned themselves to reservations, including the followers of Sitting Bull (Sioux) and Dull Knife (Northern Cheyenne). After a failed attempt to negotiate peace with Gen. Miles and a subsequent murder of an Indian delegation, Sioux Chief Crazy Horse decided to exact revenge. Amid a blizzard, Crazy Horse and his band of Oglalas, Brules and Northern Cheyenne attacked nearly 500 troops under Miles along the Tongue River. Fighting in three feet of snow and temperatures well below zero, the soldiers held their ground and, after five hours of battle, claimed seven modest hills from which the Indians attacked, including Belly Butte. The tribes scattered and would never mount a serious offensive again…."
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John Leahy  | 29 Mar 2019 5:18 p.m. PST |
Thank you for posting this. There was a lot of interesting information there. |
Garryowen  | 30 Mar 2019 7:15 a.m. PST |
Scrolling up and down gets one to most of the Indian Wars battle in Montana. Nice discovery Tango. Tom |
| Tango01 | 30 Mar 2019 12:10 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon amis!. (smile)
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