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Monument at Massacre Hill of Fetterman's Hill, Wyo.

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Call NumberX-31540Date1910-1930SummaryA man and young boy pose in front of the Fetterman Battlefield Monument, a tall stone column with a bronze plaque, commemorating the Fetterman Fight or the Fetterman Massacre, (known to the Sioux as the Battle of the Hundred Slain). Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux, led his people against Colonel William J. Fetterman and his troops on December 1866, Powder River, Wyoming. There were no survivors.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 9 x 7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota Indians--Monuments--WyomingFetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866Indians of North America--Monuments--WyomingOglala Indians--Monuments--WyomingRed Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Monuments--WyomingFetterman Monument (Wyo.)Red Cloud, 1822-1909--MonumentsFetterman, William J.--Monuments.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031540Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromMr. Ernest Handke.NotesCondition: Print is torn and soiled. Title hand-written on back of print. R7100315406

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