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Massacare at Wounded Knee

The Massacare at Wounded Knee was the last major violence episode included in the Indian wars. About 120 men and 230 women and children followers of Sitting Bull surrendered after Sitting Bull was killed. They gathered around a creek named Wounded Knee. When the soldiers were disarming them, someone had fired a shot. The soldiers had opened fire and killed more than 200 Sioux due to a shot that could have possibly not even have been fired by one of the Indians.

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Information Provided by: the book, Prentice Hall America Pathways to the Present Modern American History pg. 265

Picture Provided by: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/woundedknee/remington.jpg