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Cypress Hills Massacre and Trial Drama in Helena 1873 Affair
The Cypress Hills massacre near the Canadian border in 1873 sparked extradition battles at Helena and Winnipeg. Canadian authorities hired Col Wilbur F. Sanders to prosecute, but the accused were discharged amid strong local sentiment against Indians and mixed official actions. The case unfolded with dramatic appeals by Col J. F. MacLeod and social upheaval in Helena as tensions between whites and northern tribes surged.
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Cypress Hill
Montana
Col. Sanders
Helena
Oldtimers
Cypress Hills
Montana Territorial
Canada
Mounted
Winnipeg
Tom Hardwick
Trevanion Hale
John H. Evans
Bell
Vogel
Hughes
J. F. MacLeod
Northwest Mounted Police
A. G. Irvine
MacLeod
Wilbur
F. Sanders
Dominion
Sanders
James T. Stanford
Old Conrad Banking Company of
Great Falls
Montana Bank and Trust Company
Mounted Police
Stanford
Irvine
Sun River Crossing
Fort Benton
John Morgan
John Neubert
Joseph Spearson
Hunicke
Carroll and Steele
Petit Cris
Little Gray
Gros Ventres
Milk River
Bear Paw Mountains
Major Irvine
Wilbur F. Sanders
Tack
Marins
Mountain Chief
Baker
Fort Shaw
Miles