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Peace Commission of 1866 in Montana Recalled as Farce
Montana readers recall the Peace Commission of 1866 led by General Curtis, along with Rev. Henry Reed and others, as a costly misadventure that stirred hostilities among Sioux groups on the Missouri. The piece recounts flawed diplomacy, a costly river voyage on the Ben Johnson, and later debates over marked historic battle sites in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Northwest
Henry W. Reed
Upper
Missouri
Reed
Newton Edmunds
Territory of
Dakota
S. R. Curtis
Iowa Volunteers
Orrin Guernsey
Northwestern Treaty Commission
Peace Commission
Curtis
St. Louis
Plains
Commission
Fort Benton
Joseph la Barge
Missouri River
la Barge
Ben Johnson
Captain la Barge
Villian
Crazy Wolf
Zephyr Rencontre
Rencontre
General Curtis
White Earth River
Ontana
R. H. McKay
Missoula
Mandan
Montana Territory
Daily Northwest
Marshall
McKay
Goose Creek
the Rosebud
Crook
Old Fort Union
Yellowstone River
Musselshell
Amanda
War Department
Colonel Reeve
Judith River
Crows
Gros Ventres
George B. Wright
Sitting Bull
South
Custer
Fort Lincoln
Gibbon
Fort Ellis
Yellowstone
Rosebud
Ben Mitchell
Helena
Bridger Pass
Northern Pacific
Boze
Wright
Sioux City
Omaha
Old Buck
Old Bucks