Sunday, October 29, 1876. California Joe Milner murdered.

Moses Embree "California Joe" Milner was shot in the back by Tom Newcomb at Ft. Robinson in what was apparently the terminal episode in a feud between the two men over who was responsible for the murder of John Richard and his nephew, Alfred Pallardie at a Sioux camp.  Newcomb blamed Milner and Milner blamed Newcomb.  

Milner was from Kentucky originally but had been in various Western locations since age 14.  He'd serviced as a scout for Custer and Crook.  He was 47 years old.

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Saturday, October 28, 1876. He wants a change too.

Labels: 1870s, 1876, Ethnicities, Racism, Reconstruction

Monday, October 23, 1876. The disarming of Red Cloud's band.

The 4th and 5th Cavalry, under the command of Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie and Brigadier General George Crook, encircled Red Clouds band, which had not participated in the Great Sioux War, near Ft. Robinson and disarmed them.

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Saturday, October 21, 1876. Battle of Cedar Creek.

Labels: 1870s, 1876, Army, Art, Battle of Cedar Creek, Canada, Great Sioux War, Indian Wars, Montana, Native Americans, Nelson Miles, Reconstruction, Sioux, Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake)

Monday, January 10, 1876. Death of Gordon Granger.

Gordon Granger, Commander of the District of New Mexico, died at age 54.  

Granger, in spite of a career in the Army, had been plagued with health problems his entire life.

Rutherford B. Hayes commenced a second term as Governor of Ohio.

Red Cloud Agency,  Ft. Robinson Nebraska, January 10, 1876.

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January 5, 1876, Pokrok západu (Omaha, Neb.).

Labels: 1870s, 1876, 2020s, Immigration, Nebraska (Omaha), Polish language, Stephen Miller, The Second Trump Administration

Sunday Morning Scene: Churches of the West: Post Chapel. Prisoner of War Camp. Ft. Robinson Nebraska

Churches of the West: Post Chapel. Prisoner of War Camp. Ft. Robinson Nebraska

This is the second time I've posted a photo of a bare remnant of a church, but in this case, it's a much more recent structure. This is where the Post Chapel for the Prisoner of War Camp at Ft. Robinson Nebraska once was.  None of the original structures of the POW camp remain, and most is grass prairie, but where the chapel was is now this small stand of bushes.