James Bigley

James Bigley

The Fetterman Massacre

In December 1866, during Red Cloud’s War, a group of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes joined forces and clashed with a detachment of the United States Army stationed at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming. The U.S. troops were tasked with safeguarding travelers on the Bozeman Trail. The Native American warriors, including Crazy Horse, employed a ruse

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