Courtney, Fred (fl. 1877) to P. Sanford
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08982 Author/Creator: Courtney, Fred (fl. 1877) Place Written: Cedar Creek, Montana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 July 1877 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Order a Copy
Reports that his regiment, the First Infantry, along with the twenty-second, have chased Sitting Bull into Canada. "We were out for 40 days with the 22nd along the little Missouri where we found a new camp of 60 lodges of Indians we followed them up through the Bad lands but had to give up the chase as we could not bring the train along. they were on their way to join Sitting Bull who has crossed over to Canada and is going to remain their the British told him he had to decide whether he would remain there or the United States, so he concluded to remain in Canada and promises not to return to the United States Territories this we believe puts an end to the expidition." Written at the end of the Yellowstone Expedition of the Sioux War. Larger forces had forced Sitting Bull to retreat North into Canada. However, four years later he and his people were forced to return to the United States, unable to subsist in Canada due to the diminishing buffalo population. He surrendered and his band moved to a reservation. Written in pencil. Signed twice, once with initials.
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