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Swordbearer Leads Crow Uprising Near Crow Agency
Swordbearer a young Crow who claimed medicine power led a raid against the Crow agency after stealing horses from the Piegans. Government troops and Crow chiefs confronted the uprising at Tongue River and Fort Custer, ending with Swordbearer killed and peace restored.
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Ley
Billy’ Hamilton
Johnson
Rees
Swordbearer
Williamson
Fort Custer
Rotten Grass Creek
Fort Keogh
Cheyenne
Tongue River
Maginnis
Mead
Ruger
Simon Snyder
Crow Agency
Billings
A. H. Hersey
Montana
James Campbell
Pretty Eagle
Deaf Bull
Crazy Head
Hotchkiss Gun In the Meantime, Swordbearer
Fort Missoula
Lodge Grass
Bob-Tail Crow
Plenty Coups
Agency
Billy Hamilton
Campbell
Tobacco Jake
Sorety
Simpson
Hotchkiss
Little Big Horn River
Crow Indian Agency
Little Big Horn
Big Horn
Henry A. Frith
Edward ‘. Dunne
Eleventh Infantry
Yellowstone
Custer