Wounded Knee massacre

The Wounded Knee massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee was the last major armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America. A minor encounter at Drexel Mission one day after the Battle of Wounded Knee resulted in the death of one enlisted man, the wounding of six others, unknown Sioux casualties, as well as the death of Lieutenant James D. Mann of K Troop of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, from wounds received at Drexel Mission, some seventeen days later at Ft. Riley, Kansas on 15 January 1891, but this minor skirmish is often overlooked or combined into being a constituent part of the separate larger conflict, being almost totally overshadowed by the previous day's tragedy. That last major armed conflict occurred at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on December 29, 1890. At the Wounded Knee massacre, the United States Army had positioned four Hotchkiss guns which were capable of firing two pound explosive shells fifty times per minute, while some of the Sioux warriors were only armed with their rifles which like those of the soldiers varied from man to man but included Winchester rifes and older firearms and other assorted less effective traditional native American weaponry. Few of the Sioux women and children were involved except to ultimately be some of the numerous victims of the one-sided conflict.

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Great Sioux Nation - United States of America - Drexel Mission - Lieutenant James D. Mann - U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment - Wounded Knee, South Dakota - December 29 - 1890 - United States Army - Hotchkiss gun - Shell

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