Battle of the Wounded Knee
The battle of the wounded knee occurred on December 29, 1890. When it occurred, it was near wounded knee creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota. Philip Wells Was a mixed-blood sioux who served as an interpreter for the army. He later recounted what he saw that Monday morning. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors.
Just before the battle of wounded knee the captured indians had been ordered to give up there arms. During that time a medicine man, dressed painted, executed the maneuvers of the ghost dance. He or some other medicine man approached to within three or four feet from Frederick
The battle of the wounded knee occurred on December 29, 1890. When it occurred, it was near wounded knee creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the US state of South Dakota. Philip Wells Was a mixed-blood sioux who served as an interpreter for the army. He later recounted what he saw that Monday morning. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors.
Just before the battle of wounded knee the captured indians had been ordered to give up there arms. During that time a medicine man, dressed painted, executed the maneuvers of the ghost dance. He or some other medicine man approached to within three or four feet from Frederick