' Monday, April 4, 1988 the Other Press

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WOUNDED
KNEF

1890. THE INDIAN WARS ARE COMING TO

JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK ON DECEMBER

15, 1890, INDIAN POLICE ARRIVE AT

SITTING BULL'S CABIN TO TAKE HIM
INTO CUSTODY. WHILE SITTING BULL
ACCEPTS, ONE OF HIS PEOPLE FIRES
AT THE POLICE. SITTING BULL IS

 

BETRAYALS ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE. ALL
THAT IS LEFT IS FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT TO
HAVE THEIR LIST OF “FOMENTERS OF

DISTURBANCES” ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMMEDIATELY SHOT IN THE HEAD AND
THEIR END, THREE CENTURIES OF GENOCIDE A WILD FIGHT ENSUES. THE INDIAN ‘;
| | HAVING DESTROYED A PEOPLE. THE TREATY POLICE ARE BARELY SAVED BY THE an

ARRIVAL OF A CAVALRY DETACHMENT.

 
  
   

 

  
  
   

 

 

 

HUNDREDS OF NOW LEADERLESS
HUNKPAPAS FLEE, SEEKING REFUGE
WITH RED CLOUD, THE LAST OF
THE GREAT CHIEFS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWO DAYS AFTER SITTING BULL'S BIG FOOT ORDERS A WHITE

 

 

MURDER, THE HUNKPAPAS REACH

BIG FOOT'S CAMP. AFTER ee
BIg FOOT, ASO WANTED POR THE SEVENTH US.
ARREST, GATHERS HIS PEOPLE CAVALRY APPROACHES.

 

AND HEADS TO THE SAFETY
OF RED CLOUD'S PROTECTION.
IN THE BITTER COLD, HE 7 ze
CONTRACTS PNEUMONIA, a r nf i ‘\ f ;
HIS LUNG'S BLOOD DRIPPING SO MS ee
FROM HIS NOSE AND FREEZING | |----. ..2---~:-->~. (SS
: Wie ae ea ee HE TELLS BIG FOOT THEY
TRANSFERED TOA WAGON. a 7 oe TOA &
ON DECEMBER 28, THE INDIANS AALRY NEAR

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AT THE CAMP, THE TRIBE
\S COUNTED: 350 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN.
MAJOR WHITESIDE DECIDES
TO DISARM HIS PRISONERS

 

 

 

   
   
       
   
 

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4 CAVALRY AND FOUR

 

TO MAKE SURE THAT
TWO TROOPS OF

ARTILLERY PIECES
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7S
fe AFTER BREAKFAST, THE INDIANS
Mm ARE TOLD 10 STACK THEIR
“WEAPONS INTHE CENTER OF
THE CAMP. AFTER THEY DO

THE CAVALRY RANSACKS THE
CAMP, SLASHING OPEN
PACKAGES WITH KNIVES.,
LOOKING FOR: INDIAN ARMS.
THE INDIANS ARE ENRAGED,
BUT DO NOTHING. TWO MORE

 

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HOLDS HIS WINCHESTER ABOV

 

 

MUCH MONEY.

SO, THE TENTS ARE SEARCHED.

RIFLES ARE FOUND. THE OWNER

HIS HEAD, SHOUTING IT HAD COST

 

 

  

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THE PONY SOLDIERS TRY TO
WRESTLE THE GUN AWAY. THE
GUN GOES OFF, FIRING
HARMLESSLY INTO THE AIR.
THEN, INCREDIBLY, A DEAFEN-
ING ROAR OF GUNS FOLLOWS
BIG FOOT SPRAWLS ON THE | |
FROZEN GROUND, DEAD. SOME | |
INDIANS GRAPPLE WITH SOLDIERS.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
 

THE ARTILLERY ABOVE
THE CAMP OPENS FIRE,
ci ss CUTTING DOWN’ THOSE
Ra WHO TRY TO FLEE.
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300 INDIANS AND 25 PONY

SOLDIERS LIE DEAD IN THE
SNOW.

  
   
  

 

 

 

 

“1 DID NOT KNOW THEN HOW MUCH WAS

ENDED. WHEN | LOOK BACK NOW FROM
THIS HIGH HILL OF OLD AGE, | CAN
STILL SEE THE BUTCHERED WOMEN
AND CHILDREN LYING HEAPED AND
SCATTERED ALL ALONG THE CROOKED
GULCH AS PLAIN AS WHEN | SAW
THEM WITH EYES STILL YOUNG. AND
| CAN SEE THAT SOMETHING ELSE
DIED THERE IN THE BLOODY MUD, AND
WAS BURIED IN THE BLIZZARD. A
PEOPLE'S DREAM DIED THERE. IT
WAS A BEAUTIFUL DREAM... THE
NATION'S HOOP IS BROKEN AND
SCATTERED. THERE 1S NO CENTER ANY

LONGER, AND THE SACRED TREE 1S DEAD."
-BLACK ELK.

 

 

FOR MORE INFO ON |

HOW THE WEST WAS
REALLY WON, READ
THE VERY GOOD “BURY
MY HEART AT WOUNDED
KNEE,” BY DEE BROWN.