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TWAT (S LEFT iS FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT TO
HAVE THEIR LIST OF “FOMENTERS OF
DISTURBANCES” ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK ON DECEMBER
WOUNDED i5, 1890, INDIAN POLICE ARRIVE AT &

SITTING BULL'S CABIN TO TAKE HIM | Abiqts

INTO CUSTODY. WHILE SITTING BULL»:

KNEE ACCEPTS, ONE OF HIS PEOPLE FIRES
AT-THE POLICE. SITTING BULL |S

 

1890. THE INDIAN WARS ARE COMING TO IMMEDIATELY SHOT IN THE HEAD AND :
THEIR END, THREE CENTURIES OF GENOCIDE A WILD FIGHT ENSUES. THE INDIAN +
HAVING ee A PEOPLE. THE TREATY POLICE ARE BARELY SAVED BY THE

~|-| BETRAYALS ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE. ALL ARRIVAL OF A CAVALRY DETACHMENT.

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HUNDREDS OF NOW LEADERLESS
i HUNKPAPAS FLEE, SEEKING REFUGE
m WITH RED CLOUD, THE LAST OF
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TWO DAYS AFTER SITTING BULL'S <
MURDER, THE HUNKPAPAS REACH er an ae
BIG FOOT'S CAMP. AFTER ‘| SAMUEL WHITSIDE OF
eongme neeng, || | ements
ARREST, GATHERS HIS PEOPLE | | LCAVALRY APPROACHES.

 

 

AND HEADS TO THE SAFETY
OF RED CLOUD'S PROTECTION. os
INTHE BITTER COLD, HE = ||
CONTRACTS PNEUMONIA, a
HIS LUNG'S BLOOD DRIPPING a a
FROM HIS NOSE AND FREEZING | |----- -- eas :
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TRANSFERED TOA WAGON. . eal BE a TO A
ON DECEMBER 28, THE INDIANS NEAR

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| BIG FOOT AGREES.

SIGHT FOUR TROOPS OF CAVALRY. | || WOUNDED KNEE CREEK. |

 

  

 

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AFTER BREAKFAST, THE INDIANS
ARE TOLD 10 STACK THEIR
WEAPONS INTHE CENTER OF

50, THE TENTS ARE SEARCHED.
THE CAVALRY RANSACKS THE

a PACKAGES WITH KNIVES.

. Cy LOOKING FOR INDIAN ARMS.
THE INDIANS ARE ENRAGED,
BUT DO NOTHING. TWO MORE
| OF ONE, DEAF BLACK COYOTE

ABOVE.

HIS HEAD, SHOUTING IT HAD COST

    

“(5 COUNTED: 350 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING MANY CHILDREN.

MAJOR WHITESIDE DECIDES

TO DISARM HIS PRISONERS

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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 | |

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
   

ae INDIANS GRAPPLE WITH SOLDIERS.)
"1 DID NOT KNOW THEN HOW MUCH WAS FOR MORE INFO ON

es te ENDED. WHEN [LOOK BACK NOW FROM | | HOW THE WEST WAS

Me nr ee THIS HIGH HILL OF OLD AGE, | CAN REALLY WON, READ

 

STILL SEE THE BUTCHERED WOMEN
AND CHILDREN LYING HEAPED AND

 

WHO TRY TO FLEE.

| 300 INDIANS AND 25 PONY
SOLDIERS LIE DEAD IN THE
SNOW,

 

 

  
 
     
 

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.

WAS A BEAUTIFUL DREAM... THE
NATION'S HOOP 1S BROKEN AND
SCATTERED. THERE 1S NO CENTER ANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONGER, ANDTHE SACRED TREE 1S DEAD.”
: -BLACK ELK.

THE VERY GOOD "BURY
MY HEART AT WOUNDED
KNEE," BY DEE BROWN.

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