Thursday, July 25, 2013

Today In Wyoming's History: July 25 The Bannock War.

Today In Wyoming's History: July 25:

1895 Bannock Indians surround 250 settlers in Jackson Hole but are dispersed by the 9th Cavalry.  This was part of the Bannock War of 1895, which was spared by the State of Wyoming prohibiting the killing of elk for their teeth and the subsequent arrest of several Bannock hunters that year.
Bannock Indians in Jackson's Hole by Frederic Remington.
What an amazingly late Indian War.  And frankly, I wasn't even really familiar with the Bannocks being in Wyoming.

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