Three Trappers Face 1500 Sioux in Pryor Mountains Battle
Three Yellowstone trappers Tazewell Woody Lew Hubbell and Charles Cocke fought a daylong battle against about 1500 Sioux in the Pryor mountains of Big Horn county on June 24 1875. Surrounded by war parties they barricaded camp and repelled repeated assaults killing a chief and many warriors before escaping to Old Mission after a 100 mile retreat.
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Montana
Pryor Mountains
Big Horn County
Nez Perces
Custer
Pryor Mountain
Tazewell Woody
Lew Hubbell
Charles Cocke
Yellowstone Valley
Livingston
Woody
Pryor’s Gap
Beauvaix Creek
Hubbell
Cocke
Dians
Plummer Wins Bannack Sheriff Election Amid Bandit Ties
In 1863 Bannack miners elect Henry Plummer as high sheriff to unify authority. Plummer’s band of about 100 highwaymen steered the campaign, with him securing nearly twice the votes of Jefferson Durley. He built a respectable front, but used the office to shield loot while pursuing rivals, and later faced vigilante justice.
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Bannack
Henry Plummer
Montana
Jefferson Durley
Plummer
Durley
Eliza Bryan
Government Farm
Sun River
Vail
Neces
Express Company
Virginia City
Eldorado
Aldergulch
Bill Fairweather
Fort Benton
Sacajawea Aided Lewis and Clark Despite Unrewarded Fame
Sacajawea the Shoshone interpreter who guided Lewis and Clark through Mandan and beyond aided the expedition at pivotal moments. Clark valued her knowledge of the west and she acted as interpreter at a key conference with Camewall. Yet after years of service she received no reward and returned to drudgery with Toussaint Charbonneau.
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Sacajawea
Lewis and Clark
Montana
Jefferson
West
United States
Toussaint Charbonneau
Mandan
Charbonneau
Lewis
Missouri
Fort Mandan
Camewall
Clark
Rosshole
Bozeman Pass
Yellowstone
Minnetaree
Breckenridge
Reparation Made to Gros Ventres Settled in Washington
A long dispute between the United States government and the Gros Ventres tribe over 40 million acres of hunting ground culminated this month in Washington. The 1855 treaty had set aside the land for 99 years with rights for U.S. citizens and road building, but settlers expanded, creating reservations and eroding tribal rights. A 1925 legal action yielded a reduced settlement, with Indians receiving far less than the original value, while costs of education and care were cited as counterclaims. The piece notes ongoing hardship for Indians and critiques of past promises, ending with a reference to Arizona's petrified forest.
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Washington
United States
Gros Ventres
Hnd
A. Cumming
Isaac Stevens
Blackfeet
Congress
Rosalie Stevens
William Bigby
George Cochrane
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D'Annunzio
Viume
West Quoddy Head
Eastport
Cape Alva, Wash
United States Navy
Panama Canal
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Harry Balogh
New York
London
Arizona
Earl Hungerford
Dizzy Dean
MR. Dean
Dizzy
Cessen
Creek
Mich
Bachrach
U.S.A
General Foods
Battle Creek
Mbership Pia
Peay Dean
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