dec 26, 1890 - Late Dec 1890: Wounded Knee Massacre
Description:
Sitting Bull, the great Sioux leader, had been assassinated by Indian police paid by USremaining Sioux sought refuge at Pine Ridge
- 120 men
- 230 women and children
surrounded by U.S. cavalry, with two Hotchkiss guns—capable of hurling shells over 2 miles —on a rise overlooking the camp
troopers ordered the Indians to turn over their weapons, one of them fired his rifle. The soldiers then let loose with their carbines, and the big guns on the hill shelled the tepees.
200-300/350 Sioux dead
25 soldiers died, mostly hit by their own shrapnel or bullets, since the Indians had only a few guns
Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 26, 1890
Now
~ 134 years ago