Cypress Hills Massacre Stirred Montana in 1873
The Cypress Hills massacre near the Montana Canadian border in 1873 left nearly 200 Cree and Crow Indians dead. Seven or eight white hunters faced extradition hearings. most were acquitted or released amid strong anti-Indian sentiment and celebratory violence in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cypress Hills
Montana
Helena
Canada
Mounted
Winnipeg
Tom Hardwick
Trevanion Hale
John H. Evans
Great Falls
Jersey City
N. J
Seattle
Wolfers
Fort Benton
Eagle Creek
Bearpaw Mountain
Farwell
Little Mountain
Abe Farwell
Crow Mary
J. M. Arnoux
Club Foot
Tony
Alexis de la Bompard
Mounted Police
Cypress Hills Massacre Recalled in Bitter Montana History
The article recounts brutal killings in 1865 66 and 1868 near Sun River and Fort Shaw including ambushes of Charles Carson nephew of Kit Carson and trapper Charles Caro fel. It describes Parker like violence by both whites and Piegan and Heavy Runner camps and the Cypress Hills affair with conflicting testimony amid white distrust and Indian violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Bell
Vogel
Hughes
Sanders
J. F. MacLeod
Northwes
Mounted Police
A. G. Irvine
Helena
MacLeod
Wilbur F. Sanders
Dominion
James T. Stanford
Conrad Banking Company of
Great Falls
Stanford
Canada
Irvine
Fort Benton
Cypress Hills
Sun River Crossing
John Morgan
John Neubert
Joseph Spearson
Hunicke
Carroll and Steele
Sun River
Mountain Chief
Alexander Culbertson
Malcolm Clarke
Prickly Pear Canyon
Baker
Eugene M. Baker
Fort Shaw
Second Cavalry
Marins
Charles Carson
Kit Carson
Dearborn Crossing
Charles Carofel
Wilds
Diamond R
Clark
Hills
Heary Runner’s
Yale Student Cowhand Wins Cowboys Admiration After Trial by Fire
Sidney Smith, Yale sophomore and son of a New York millionaire, joins Walter Hill’s Park county ranch and is lured into a non existent cowpunchers union with a $50 fee. He endures six rides on an outlaw horse before a broken ankle ends his initiation at Livingston hospital. Cowboys view his grit favorably and invite him as guest of honor at Bozeman Roundup, pending his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
Park County
Walter Hill
Young Smith
Yale
New York
Uncii
Th& Fee
Smith
Livingston
Tenderfoot
Outlaw
Bozeman
Montana Press Convention Plans Set for Great Falls Meet
Tentative arrangements for the Montana Press association annual convention were finalized at Great Falls. Attendees included Joseph D. Scanlan publisher of the Miles City Star and The Montanan and president of the state publishers group, and J. A. Gillaly publisher of the Fergus County Argus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Press Association
Great Falls
Joseph D. Scanlan
Miles City Star
The
Montanan
Miles City
State Association of Publishers
J. A. Gillaly
Fergus County Argus
Lewistown
Also Mentioned on This Page
West
Montana Territorial
Petit Cris
Little Gray
Benton
Gros Ventres
Milk River
Bear Paw Mountains
Piegans
Petit Gris
Carroll
Steele
Miles
Northwest Mounted Police
Major Irvine
Colonel Stanford
Dude Cowboy
Farm Loans Commission
Stock Land
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