Bmhawk

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee- Dee Brown

By sortmonkey
  • Chapter 1- "Their Manners Are Decorous and Praiseworthy"
    Oct 12, 1492

    Chapter 1- "Their Manners Are Decorous and Praiseworthy"

    Christopher Columbus sets foot on San Salvador
  • Chapter 3- "Little Crow's War"

    Chapter 3- "Little Crow's War"

    4 warriors of the Little Crow's Shakopee's band raid a homestead and kill 4 settlers- conflict starts the war
  • chapter 2- "The Long Walk of the Navajos"

    chapter 2- "The Long Walk of the Navajos"

    Commander Kit Carson sends Major Joseph Cummings into Navajo country to start "burned earth" policy. Collecting all available livestock and grains, destoying any remaining.
  • Chapter 4- War Comes to the Cheyenne"

    Chapter 4- War Comes to the Cheyenne"

    In the early morning, a force of 800 soldiers under Colonel Civington command attack a Cheyenne emcampment. Between 75 and 150 tribal members were killed, many of the casualties were women and children.
  • Chapter 5- "Powder River Invasion"

    Chapter 5- "Powder River Invasion"

    Fort Laramie Treaty signed- Signed with the Sioux nation leabing the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Nation