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Cypress Hills Massacre Haunts Montana History of 1873
The Cypress Hills slaughter near the Canadian border in 1873 led to bitter white Indian tensions in Montana. Extradition battles failed and several Americans were acquitted or freed amid strong public opinion against Indians. The article traces prior frontier violence, whiskey trading posts, and the rise of the Northwest Mounted Police as border shapers.
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Cypress Hills
Montana
West
Montana Territorial
Helena
Canada
Mounted
Winnipeg
Tom Hardwick
Trevanion Hale
John H. Evans
Bell
Vogel
Hughes
Sanders
J. F. MacLeod
Northwest Mounted Police
A. G. Irvine
MacLeod
Wilbur F. Sanders
Dominion
James T. Stanford
Conrad Banking Company of
Great Falls
Mounted Police
Stanford
Irvine
Rockies
Fort Benton
Plegans
Sun River Crossing
John Morgan
John Neubert
Joseph Spearson
Baker
Mountain Chief
Fort Shaw
Jersey City
N. J
Seattle
Wolfers
Eagle Creek
Bearpaw Mountain
Farwell
Little Mountain
Abe Farwell
Crow Mary
J. M. Arnoux
Club Foot
Tony
Alexis de la Bompard
Cypress Hilla
Butte
Main
Second
Montana Infantry
James S. Stanford