tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4514574335081057129..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: 493 Shoshones killed at Bear RiverRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-46397282770496109932008-02-18T20:08:00.000-08:002008-02-18T20:08:00.000-08:00Writerfella here -- writerfella still will con...Writerfella here --<BR/> writerfella still will contend that the 'Battle' of the Little Washita ranks among the most serious massacres of Native Americans. Black Kettle's Southern Cheyennes were attacked by Col. J.M. Chivington's forces on November 29, 1864 and suffered a terrible slaughter, with the destruction of their encampments. Black Kettle had believed that his display of an American flag and a white flag of peace atop his tipi would exempt his people from attack . Thus were the Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, Plains Apache, and the Cheyenne driven eventually to refuse the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867. Actions always have repercussions, and the events of 1864 - 1867 singularly had negative historical results...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.com