Another quiz from 2007…..this one is for all those wonks on the Wild West….have fun and enjoy the quiz. chuq
Another quiz from 2007…..this one is for all those wonks on the Wild West….have fun and enjoy the quiz. chuq
That must be Captain Fetterman, and later his command was wiped out after being led into a trap by Red Cloud. (The Fetterman Massacre)
That’s my answer anyway, but it seems easy, so you might have a trick up your sleeve. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Is there any irony in your answer? chuq
No, but that’s the only one I know who said that. It is a famous quote. I might be completely wrong, but it was featured in the 1996 film ‘Crazy Horse’. So perhaps Crazy Horse led the attack, but I always thought Red Cloud was in overall command.
Red Cloud was it was called Red Cloud’s War….so you got that correct……well done….chuq
Agree with Pete about Fetterman, but do not know the name of the Indian in charge of the rais.
well done OG…I will be giving more info a little later….chuq
Thanx to Pete and OG for their participation….the answer has indeed Capt. Fetterman….the irony was …Capt. William Judd Fetterman arrived at Fort Phil Kearny on Nov. 3, 1866, as the Indian attacks were peaking. Seven weeks later, on Dec. 21, 1866, Fetterman and 79 soldiers and civilians were killed in a lopsided battle that was soon mythologized as the Fetterman Massacre.
WELL DONE! chuq
An easy one for me. Red Cloud was born at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers, near the town of North Platte. (There are sheep there now.) Crazy Horse was killed a hour’s drive away from where I live, at Ft. Robinson, which now is a state park and worth a visit. An hour and a half from where I live is Wounded Knee.
Well done…..thanx for playing along…..https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/new-perspectives-fetterman-fight chuq