United States Militia engaging Native American Plains Indian hostiles, August 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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United States Militia engaging Native American Plains Indian hostiles, August 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

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

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Scenes in the Great Indian War on the Western Frontier - U.S. Volunteers and Militia defeated by the well armed Indians.

Source citation

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

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