Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851

ID: 672 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG1227-PH000041-000009_SFN95604 ~ Date: 1851
This file appears in: Battle of Blue Water
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Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851

This file appears in: Battle of Blue Water

By The Explore Nebraska History team
On September 3, 1855, the U.S. Army's 600-man Sioux Expedition, commanded by Col. William S. Harney, attacked and destroyed a Lakota village located three miles north on Blue Creek. The fight became…