An error has occurred while processing this page. The site administrator has been notified. We apologize for the inconvenience.
108
ORDERS TO BURN AN INDIAN VILLAGE (CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) Special Field Orders No. 13... As a punishment for the bad faith practised by the
ORDERS TO BURN AN INDIAN VILLAGE (CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) Special Field Orders No. 13... As a punishment for the bad faith practised by the Cheyennes & Sioux... the village recently occupied by them which is now in our hands will be entirely destroyed. Manuscript document, a contemporary official copy signed by W. G. Mitchell (the Acting Assistant Adjutant General to Major General Hancock). 1 1/2 pages, folded 4to sheet. Pawnee Fork, KS, 18 April 1867
- Notes: The Hancock Expedition of 1867 began with intentions for a peaceful meeting with the chiefs of various tribes. However, en route to the meeting, Hancock's forces came into conflict with group of Cheyenne and Sioux who lined up for battle, assuming Hancock's expedition to be hostile. Hancock diffused the situation through an interpreter, and set up camp near the Indian village. Still fearful, the Indians abandoned the village. Hancock sent word to George Armstrong Custer to pursue the Indians. Although not able to catch up to them, Custer found station keepers murdered at a nearby post and Hancock ordered the village burned. Custer quotes from this document in discussing the events of the conflict in his My Life on the Plains (page 42). See also the Little Big Horn Associates Research Review, vol. iv, no. 1 (Spring, 1970) for a review of the events and a reproduction of this copy of the orders.
Accepted Forms of Payment:
October 21, 2004 12:00 AM EDT
New York, NY, US
Swann Auction Galleries
You agree to pay a buyer's premium of 0% and any applicable taxes and shipping.