Military & Warfare

US Troops Attack Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife

Retaliation following the Battle of the Little Bighorn saw United States Army troops launch an assault on a vulnerable village led by Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the Powder River headwaters. The attack targeted sleeping members of the tribe in an effort to reassert control after the previous defeat in the ongoing conflicts with Native American tribes. The event exemplifies the tensions and hostilities between American forces and Indigenous populations during this tumultuous period.

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