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Thornburg Pursues Cheyennes Across Sand Hills In 1870s Drive
Major Thornburg’s mobile column fights to trap Northern Cheyennes fleeing toward the Ogallalas after escaping Indian Territory. Dispatch delays, scarce horses, broken track, and fog hampered the pursuit, while Col. Carleton’s cavalry and Sidney residents aided, but the Cheyennes vanished into the Sandhills and later reached the Black Hills.
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Clark Fuller
Thornburg
Indian Territory
Powder River Valley
John
G. Bourke
Third Cavalry
U. S. Ca
Stuart
Albugerque
New
Mes Bird
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
Sidney Sidney
Fort Robinson
Red Cloud Agency
Ogallalas
South Platte
Sidney
Crook
Col. Carleton
North Platte
Ogallala
Crock
Union Pacific
Ohio
California
Fort McPherson
Cheyenne
Army
North Platte River
Grace
Rose
Fadden
7Th Cavalry
Fort Keogh
Yellowstone
South Platte River
Omaha
Mack
White Tail Creek
Pot
Charlie Trognitz
Charlie
Sandhills
Major Thornburg
Black Hills
Gaunt
Union Pacific Railroad
Texas
Col Carleton