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The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, [1] was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming.
Masakra Fettermana – starcie wojska amerykańskiego z Indianami 21 grudnia 1866 podczas wojny Czerwonej Chmury. Wiosną 1865 r. wojsko zaczęło pojawiać się na ziemiach wolnych Indian prerii.
16 lis 2009 · Determined to challenge the growing American military presence in their territory, Native Americans in northern Wyoming lure Lieutenant Colonel William Fetterman and his soldiers into a deadly...
8 lis 2014 · Near Fort Phil Kearny in December 1866 in what’s now northern Wyoming, Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors ambushed and killed Capt. William Fetterman and his entire command of 80 men. Fetterman’s arrogance has long been blamed for the disaster, but new evidence shows a more complex and nuanced story.
20 lut 2024 · The Fetterman Massacre, also known as the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands, was the major engagement of Red Cloud's War on 21 December 1866 in which 81 troops from Fort Phil Kearny under the command of William J. Fetterman were destroyed in an ambush by the warriors under Red Cloud.
The utter destruction of the detachment, commanded by Captain William J. Fetterman, was the worst disaster to befall the U.S. Army up to that point in the Indian Wars of the 19th century. Fort Phil Kearny sat precariously on land that was ceded by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851.
20 lut 2024 · On the morning December 21st of 1866, a squad of US Army cavalrymen sets out in pursuit of a raiding party composed of Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe warriors under the direction of the legendary Chief Red Cloud. By noon, every single soldier will lie dead on a rocky hillside near the fort.
