Native American attack on Western immigrant wagon train, August 1864, artist's impression

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Native American attack on Western immigrant wagon train, August 1864, artist's impression

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

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08/20/2011

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 3, 2015.

Depicted ContentPlains Indian Wars

Depicted ContentAt Plum Creek in Nebraska, Cheyenne Indians attack and wipe out a sizable wagon train carrying freight, killing eleven

Depicted ContentAt Plum Creek in Nebraska, Cheyenne Indians attack and wipe out a sizable wagon train carrying freight, killing eleven

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engraving

Original caption

Scenes in the Great Indian War on the Western Frontier - Indians attacking a train at Beaver Creek.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 24, 1864, p. 8.

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