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Title: The Black Hills, or, The last hunting ground of the Dakotahs : a complete history of the Black Hills of Dakota, from their first invasion in 1874 to the present time, comprising a comprehensive account of how they lost them : of numerous adventures of the early settlers : their heroic struggles for supremacy against the hostile Dakotah Tribes, and their final victory : the opening of the country to white settlement, and it subsequent development
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Tallent, Annie D
Subjects: Dakota Indians Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History
Publisher: St. Louis, : Nixon-Jones Print. Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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g day, or very soonafter, seven troops of cavalry from Fort Meade, and sevencompanies of infantry from Fort McKinney, also troopsfrom Cheyenne, Wyoming, and other points arrived at thescene of prospective war. Gen. Brooke, chief in command of the military forces,after consulting with Agent Royer, decided to make noaggressive movement against the hostiles, who were thenmassed in large bands in the vicinity of White Clay creek,at least until all pacific measures were exhausted. Uponthe appearance of the soldiers, the bands which, for themost part, were composed of young braves, made theirescape across the White Earth river, and entrenched them-selves amid the labyrinthian defiles of the Bad Lands,whither it was not safe for the soldiers to follow ; andfrom where, despite the Home-Guards and the 400troopers stationed at the mouth of Rapid creek, underGen. Carr, who patroled the country bordering the Chey-enne river on the west, small bands frequently stole across 704 THE BLACK HILLS; OH,
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LAST HUNTING GROUND OF THP: DAKOTAHS. 705 that stream and raided the settlements along Rapid, Spring,and Battle creeks, in quest of the horses and other prop-erty of the settlers, who were ever ready with loaded gunsfor their appearance. It early developed that the emissaries of Sitting Bullwere continually passing to and fro with messages fromhis camp to the bands entrenched in the Bad Lands, andthe malcontents outside, inciting them to continue hos-tilities. So, about November 27th, Col. Cody (BuffaloBill) arrived at Standing Rock Agency, from New York,bearing a commission from Gen. Miles to visit the camp ofthe chief medicine-man on the Grand River, study the situ-ation, and try to persuade him to put a stop to the ghost-dance-craze, which mission proved barren of good results.Frequent delegations of friendly Indians, of whom therewere, perhaps, between 400 and 500 left at the agency,went into their almost inaccessible retreat to induce them,if possible to send representatives into

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