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The 7th U.S. Cavalry arrested a village led by Big Foot of the Hunkpapa Sioux Indians. 230 Sioux women and children were arrested and 120 Sioux Indian men.
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500 Cavalry troops under the command of Colonel James W. Forsyth began disarming the Sioux Indians of any guns, knives, axes, and stakes which could be used as a weapon.
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The Wounded Knee Massacre began when the Hotchkiss started rapidly shooting. Guns were shot at over 200 rounds per minute.
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The 500 well armed Cavalry troopers were well positioned using crossing fire to carry out the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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Almost immeadiately most of the Sioux Indian men were killed.
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A few Sioux Indians were courageous enough to barehandedly kill 29 soldiers and injure 39 more.
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The guns kept firing and unarmed Sioux Indian women and children were killed without mercy.
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A few of the Sioux Indians even ran as far as 3 miles to try to get away from the shooting but were eventually caught after being chased with long knives and were then killed.
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Out of the 350 Sioux Indians in that village only about 50 of them survived.
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Almost all historical statistics say that over 200 Sioux Indians were killed but the governmental figures only reported 64 men, 44 women, and 18 babies as dead.
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This was the last major engagement between the Plains Indians and the U.S. Army.
