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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1935

Page

6

Two Old Graves on Rosebud Believed to Honor Cavalry Soldiers

Historian recounts Livingston Montana's early days and the search for two Civil War era soldiers buried on the Yellowstone Rosebud bank. Records indicate Privates Henry Rahmier and Augustine Stocker of Company H Second Cavalry died hunting near the Rosebud mouth in 1876, with a possible site on section 36 near township 7N range 44E.

AL. H. Wilkins Grace Stone Coates Livingston Sterling Charles Angus Carver Charley Quartermaster’s Department Charlie Nelson A. Miles Montana Territory Montana Fort Keogh Arthur W. Miles Angus Effie James Effie Angus Ed Kirkland Park County Great Divide Nez Perces Snake Creek Bear Paw Mountains Miles Chief Joeph Joseph A. W Hile E. C. Sampson Billings Yellowstone River Rosebud Mr. Sampson War Department Billings Gazette Henry Rahmier Augustine Stocker Company H Second Cavalry Yellowstone Sampson the Rosebud Miles City Custer Little Big Horn Gibbon Terry Big Horn Seventh Cavalry Seventh Infantry Fort Ellis Stillwater Crow Agency Absarokee James H. Bradley Curley White Man Crow Hos Big Porcupine Creek Thomas LaForge T. B. Marquis Fort Abraham Lincoln

Indians Were Expert Thieves of Crow Sioux Raids

An old account details how Crow and Sioux raiders conducted stealthy midnight horse thefts from rival camps. Raiders used green paint, covert routes, and swift escapes, then returned to celebrate with feasts and dramatic recountings known as counting the cops.

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