According to some accounts, one incident which helped spark this event involved a deaf man who did not comprehend the orders to give up his gun.
According to some accounts, one incident which helped spark this event involved a deaf man who did not comprehend the orders to give up his gun. A court of inquiry investigated this event and exonerated Colonel James Forsyth of wrongdoing, much to the dismay of his superior General Nelson Miles. This event took place shortly after the surrender of Chief Big Foot. One precipitating cause was the teachings of Wovoka, whose preaching that the buffalo would return through Ghost Dancing alarmed the military. For 10 points, name this 1890 incident in South Dakota where the U.S. Army massacred over hundred members of the Lakota Sioux.
According to some accounts, one incident which helped spark this event involved a deaf man who did not comprehend the orders to give up his gun.
{Wounded Knee} Massacre (or {Battle} of {Wounded Knee})