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Memories of Indian wars fade away in modern recollection
The article recalls the Battle of Wounded Knee and the 1890 campaign against Sitting Bull’s Sioux, detailing Col Fechet’s night march to Oak Creek, the ghost shirt legend, and the deaths of Indian police and soldiers. It also recounts the Northern Cheyenne resistance and Maj. Lewis and Capt. Wessels, highlighting racial and military tensions on the plains.
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Ashington
United States Army
Wounded Knee
Washington
Col. Forsythe
Seventh Cavalry
Big Foot
Sitting Bull
Custer
East
Edward G. Fechet
University of Illinois
Fechet
Plains
Standing Rock
North Dakota
Miles
Lieut
Bull Head
Sergt
Shave Head
Fort Yates
Dakota
Gare
Catch-the-Bear
Strike the Kettle
Sergi
Pine Ridge
Maj. Lewis
Wessels
Capt. Wessels
Third Cavalry
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