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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1941
Page
3
A Wyoming monument near Sheridan and Buffalo honors Captain William J. Fetterman and 80 soldiers killed on December 21 1866 by Sioux under Red Cloud. The marker notes no survivors and frames the event amid debates over U S government Indian policy and Montana gold rush era migrations.
Red Cloud opposes a Washington plan for a wagon road and forts into Montana. He attends a Fort Laramie council, storms out vowing to fight, while Carrington expands Fort Reno into Fort Phil Kearney and Fort C. F. Smith. Red Cloud’s Sioux army harasses trains, killing soldiers and civilians, wounding 20 and seizing livestock as tensions escalate toward open war.
Retelling of the Fetterman massacre at Lodge Trail Ridge where Colonel Carrington's orders were misapplied and Lieutenant Fetterman led a reckless foray. Ten Eyck's relief force reached Bozeman Road ridge, discovering 49 slain soldiers mutilated beyond recognition with few bullets, implying brutal close combat.
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