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Red Cloud: Oglala Sioux chief who fought and won a war against the Army.
General Patrick E. Connor: Army general and the leader of the Army’s campaign in Powder River country.
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In late summer 1865, after the Army had decided to hunt down the Indians north of the Platte River like wolves, soldiers move into the Powder River country to invade that land. After learning that a privately organized column is moving into the country to pass through to the Montana gold fields, the Sioux and Cheyennes briefly...
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