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Call Number	X-31544
Title	Marker on Fetterman monument
Creator(s)	Wyoming Travel Commission.
Summary	Detail view the bronze plaque on the stone column marker commemorating the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux fight against United States soldiers. Marker reads: "On this field on the 21st day of December, 1866, three commissioned officers and seventy six privates of the 18th U. S. Infantry, and the 2nd U. S. Cavalry, and four civilians, under the command of Captain Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William J. Fetterman were killed by an overwhelming force of Sioux under the command of Red Cloud. There were no survivors."
Date	[between 1930 and 1960?]
Notes	Condition: Print is torn and wrinkled.; Formerly F18279.; Title supplied; "The name 'Wyoming' came from the Deleware [sic] Indians and it means 'The End of the Plains'. In addition to deriving its name from Indians, the state of Wyoming was home to many roving tribes of Plains Indians, among whom the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Sioux, and Shoshone were the strongest and principal groups. The Fetterman Massacre was among the first of a series of battles between the blue clad cavalry and the paint dabbed red man. Credit: Wyoming Travel Commission" typed on label on back of print.; R7100315448
Physical Description	1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 26 x 21 cm. (10 x 8 in.)
Subject	Dakota Indians--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960. Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866. Indians of North America--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960. Oglala Indians--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960. Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960. Fetterman Monument (Wyo.)--1930-1960. Red Cloud, 1822-1909--Monuments. Fetterman, William J.--Monuments.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR710031544
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F18279 DPLW
Filename	10031544.TIF

Marker on Fetterman monument

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