Ten days before this event, L. Frank Baum of the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer had called for genocide, and he got his wish. It resulted from the advancement of a group of natives led by Big Foot towards Pine Ridge, and on that journey they were intercepted by Major Samuel Whiteside, who captured Big Foot. Two Hotchkiss guns were put in place, and during the night, a shot was fired, and the ensuing action resulted in fifty casualties for the Seventh Cavalry and three hundred
Ten days before this event, L. Frank Baum of the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer had called for genocide, and he got his wish. It resulted from the advancement of a group of natives led by Big Foot towards Pine Ridge, and on that journey they were intercepted by Major Samuel Whiteside, who captured Big Foot. Two Hotchkiss guns were put in place, and during the night, a shot was fired, and the ensuing action resulted in fifty casualties for the Seventh Cavalry and three hundred for the Sioux. FTP, name this massacre against a group of practitioners of the Ghost Dance movement, fought in South Dakota.
Ten days before this event, L. Frank Baum of the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer had called for genocide, and he got his wish.