Our old chiefs thought to show their friendship and good will, when they allowed this dangerous snake in our midst. Ten Eyck advanced carefully up Lodge Trail Ridge. His presence here is an insult and a threat. Historian Stephen Ambrose said Indian dead totaled 10 Lakota, two Cheyenne, and one Arapaho, some of them killed by 'friendly' arrow fire rather than soldier's bullets. He saw no Indians during his ride. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Francis Grummond wrote that everyone present could hear the orders. White Elk said more Indians were present than at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which would indicate an Indian force of considerably more than 1,000 men. Carrington prepared for an attack on the fort the evening after the Fetterman Fight, ordering all his men to stand watch, three to a porthole. She wrote My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre forty years after the fort was abandoned. On December 26, the soldiers buried the bodies of Fetterman, his officers, and his men in a common trench. The Fetterman Massacre Called a massacre at the time, the December 1866 clash near Fort Phil Kearny was, in fact, a military triumph by the Plains Indians and the Army's greatest blunder in the West until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later. Calitri suggests that he was reckless and possibly disobeyed orders during the December 6 fight. They increased their urging after November 3, when a cavalry company of 63 men arrived to reinforce the post. Grummond eventually was seen approaching with seven Indians in hot pursuit, though he managed to reach safety with Carrington and Fetterman. [2] The Lakota and their allies were operating without the consent of the Crow. Captain Frederick Brown, until recently the post quartermaster and another of Carrington's critics, and two civilians, James Wheatley and Isaac Fisher, joined Fetterman, bringing the relief force up to 81 officers and men. [15]. [citation needed] Yet, at some point, Grummond led his cavalry far in advance of Fetterman, chasing the Indian decoys in direct violation of his orders. [citation needed] The cavalry continued its retreat, halting to fight in a flat area on the ridge 400 yards north of where the infantry lay dead. If the Indians attacked, the 10 women and children at the fort were ordered to get into the magazine. Another four soldiers had been wounded after they pursued another Indian decoy into an ambush. University of New Mexico Press (July 16, 2010). Previous Next (For a day tour covering all historic sites, including the Brinton Museum, consider starting your tour early in the cool of the day at Fort Phil Kearny) TO GET TO FORT PHIL KEARNY FROM LAZY R: Take I-90 headed east for approximately 36 miles to Exit 44. Pilot Hill, Fort Phil Kearny, WY The fort, known to the Indians as the "hated post on the Little Piney", played an important role in Red Cloud's War. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. See, for example, discussions of Indian tactics in Ambrose, pp. Everyone knew why special emphasis was given to these orders. The Fetterman Fight took place on Crow Indian land that was guaranteed to them by a treaty signed with the US government. Original TV Movie Still. Doyle, Susan Badger. View production, box office, & company info. Add the first question. Fort Phil Kearney, Fetterman Massacre and The Wagon Box Fight. Monnett, John H. Eyewitness to the Fetterman Fight: Indian Views. Lambert, Joseph. Carrington spent the rest of his life attempting to repair his tarnished reputation as a soldier.[7]:217–218. [14] On leaving the fort, however, Fetterman took the Lodge Ridge Trail northward rather than the trail northwest toward the pinery where the wagon train was. Because of the steepness of the hill and the ice and snow, the Indians were slowed in their attempt to come in close quarters with the cavalry. âWhen the Great Father at Washington sent us his chief soldier [General Harney] to ask for a path through our hunting grounds, a way for his iron road to the mountains and the western sea, we were told that they wished merely to pass through our country, not to tarry among us, but to seek for gold in the far west. Western with James Coburn, Bud Spencer and Telly Savalas. Some estimates range up to 160 Indian dead and an equal number wounded. It is a necessary addition to other material on Fort Phil Kearny, the Fetterman Massacre, and the Bozeman Trail." According to a Cheyenne informant named White Elk, who was interviewed as he walked the battlefield 48 years after the event, the Indians had chosen 10 warriors as decoys to tempt Fetterman into the ambush: two Arapaho, two Cheyenne, and two from each of the three Lakota bands present: the Oglala, Brulé, and Miniconjou. Only six of the 81 soldiers died of gunshot wounds. As if peculiarly impressed with some anticipations of rashness in the movement, the colonel, just after the command left, went across the parade ground to a sentry platform, halted the mounted party, and gave additional orders, understood in the garrison, and by those who heard them, to be the substantial repition [sic] of the former. Captains Fetterman and Brown are reputed to have committed suicide by shooting each other in the head to avoid capture, but the official army autopsy report gives a throat wound as the cause of Fetterman's death. âFetterman Massacre,â Annals of Wyoming 9 (October 1932): 714-718. His orders were to protect European-American emigrants traveling west along the Bozeman Trail. "[11] Many other officers shared Fetterman's feelings. [7]:198, 205, General Cooke, on receipt of Carrington's distress message, immediately ordered that he be relieved of command by Brigadier General Henry W. Wessells, who arrived safely at Fort Kearny on January 16 with two companies of cavalry and four of infantry. Carrington sent Phillips and another messenger, Philip Bailey, out that evening on the best remaining horses. Directed by Tonino Valerii (MY NAME IS NOBODY). White, Richard: "The Winning of the West: The Expansion of the Western Sioux in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries". Title The Indian battle and massacre near Fort Philip Kearney, Dacotah [sic] Territory, December 21, 1866 Summary Large group of Native Americans on horseback surrounding United States Army soldiers. During the movement, Lieutenant Grummond and Bingham with several others became separated from Carrington, who was surrounded by about 100 Indian warriors. Others who appeared in the segment were Richard Egan and Phyllis Avery as Colonel Henry Carrington and h⦠He was accompanied by infantry Captains William J. Fetterman and James W. Powell. Title: More than four decades later, Frances Carrington, Henryâs second wife, repeated the boast attributed to Fetterman almost verbatim in her 1910 book My Army Life: A Soldierâs Wife at Fort Phil Kearny. 66â67 and Van de Logt, Mark, "New Perspectives on the Fetterman Fight", https://archive.org/details/historyofwyoming00hudsrich, List of battles won by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Find a grave memorial of US Soldiers who died at Fort Kearny, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fetterman_Fight&oldid=994505578, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Company C: Second Lieutenant George W. Grummondâ , Sergeant James Bakerâ, This page was last edited on 16 December 2020, at 01:54. Yet before the ashes of the council fire are cold, the Great Father is building his forts among us. My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearny Massacre (Abridged, Annotated) - Ebook written by Frances Courtney Carrington. The Lakota, the Cheyenne, and the Arapaho accepted it as such. The orders were given in front of Lieutenant Grummond's house, next the colonel's, and those who were present heard them repeated with distinctness and special urgency. In 1867, the army designated a new outpost in the Dakota Territory as "Fort Fetterman" in honor of the slain officer. All three forts were located in Crow territory. [5] By 1860, these traditional enemies of the Crow had taken control of their hunting grounds west of Powder River. Fetterman and his entire force of 80 men were killed, including Lt. George Grummond, first husband of the author. Fetterman may have shot himself just before American Horse cut his throat. The decoys led him onward, with the cavalry leaving the infantry behind. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Carrington's message to General Cooke told of the Fetterman disaster and requested immediate reinforcements and repeating Spencer carbines. The mutilated bodies of Bingham and a sergeant were found several hours later. Sheltered by the smooth Sullivant Hills that slide into Lodge Trail Ridge, this innocuous fold of land was the scene of ⦠On the 21st of December 1866, the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors lured Captain William Fetterman and his men into an ambush attack at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming to retaliate for trespassing treaty lands. Lieutenant Grummond's wife, in her memoirs, confirmed Carrington's statement. The actor Robert Fuller played the role of Fetterman in the episode, "Massacre at Fort Phil Kearny", which aired on October 26, 1966, on NBC's anthology television series, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre. There is also a Fetterman Street and Fetterman Drive in Laramie, Wyoming. Colonel Henry Carrington runs a severe command but finds his authority challenged by the more likeable Captain William Fetterman. Although outnumbered, the soldiers were armed with newly supplied breech-loading Springfield Model 1866 rifles and Lever Action Henry rifles, and had a ⦠[7]:158, During the next few months, while Fort Kearny was under construction, Carrington suffered about 50 Indian attacks, losing more than 20 soldiers and civilians. Carrington ordered a relief party composed of 49 infantrymen of the 18th Infantry and 27 mounted troopers of the 2nd Cavalry under the command of Captain James Powell. [6], In June 1866, Colonel Henry B. Carrington advanced from Fort Laramie into the Powder River country, now the hunting grounds of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho. At the time, it was the worst military disaster ever suffered by the US Army on the Great Plains. [30] More than 300 soldiers were still garrisoned at the fort. [7]:183, Historians do not believe that Indian casualties approached the higher estimates. Carrington gathered together about 75 men under Captain Ten Eyck and sent them out on foot to search for Fetterman. 206â209. The Toledo Blade says: "FREDERICK HALLAM BROWN was aged about 33 years. The group of Indians chosen to decoy the soldiers included the young Oglala Crazy Horse. Carrington himself led another mounted detachment to circle north in an attempt to cut off the Indians' retreat. He arrived at Fort Laramie late in the evening on December 25 during a full-dress Christmas ball, and staggered, exhausted, into the party to deliver his message. Those Indians and others harassed Fetterman as he climbed Lodge Trail Ridge and disappeared out of sight of the fort. Carrington sent Captain Powell, his most cautious officer, out of the fort to relieve the wood train with a cavalry company and mounted infantry. Washington, 1910, p. 69. The visitor's center has some displays, a film, and a model. An investigation absolved him of blame, but the report was not made public. Both had been assigned to Fort Kearny from the 18th Infantry's headquarters at Fort Laramie. One man in his command froze to death during the journey. Ten Eyck was accused of cowardice and drunkenness and was permitted to retire from the army. Their bodies were found in a small circle, huddled together for defense. Within a short time, the signal came that the wood train was no longer under attack. Carrington's case was that Fetterman was arrogant, insubordinate, and inexperienced in fighting Indians and that he had given Fetterman explicit orders not to venture beyond the summit of Lodge Trail Ridge. Still, the warriors, mostly on foot, approached within a few feet of them. On November 25, 1866, Carrington's superior, General Philip St. George Cooke, ordered him to take the offensive in response to the Indians' "murderous and insulting attacks". The Indians sniped at the soldiers while organizing a charge, and then rushed in among the soldiers, killing them all. The half-man rode on his pony in a crazed manner four times between the warriors gathered on the butte and Lodge Trail Ridge, each time gathering more "soldiers" into his hands in a prophetic manner. Ten Eyck advanced carefully and the soldiers found the bodies of Fetterman and all of his men in the valley. The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain,[1] was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming. [22], The Indians stripped and mutilated the soldiers' bodies before leaving[7]:188 in an apparent mirror of the Sand Creek Massacre of two years before. [7]:185–189, According to Charles Alexander Eastman, in 1866, the Native American's discomfort with the degrading influence of the illegal invaders had peaked. [21], The Indians had few guns and fought mostly with bows and arrows, spears, and war clubs. Red Cloud was determined to face any odds rather than bow to the invaders. Crazy Horse was put in charge of the attack, while the older men acted as councilors. Less than an hour later, Carrington's pickets on Pilot Hill signaled by flag that the wagon train was under attack. Carrington told Fetterman to proceed west with a company of cavalry and a squad of mounted infantry to relieve the wood train. The buildings at Fort Philip Kearny were afterward burned by Cheyenne warrior, Little Wolf. About 10 am, Carrington dispatched a wagon train to the "pinery" â about 5 miles northwest and the nearest source of construction timber and firewood for Fort Kearny. These orders, in so many words, 'to relieve the train, and under no circumstances to cross the ridge.' [7]:160â165, His caution confirmed by this experience, Carrington intensified training for his soldiers and officers, forming them into six companies. [17][18] Indian armies rarely had a single leader or a command structure with Red Cloud as one of those who planned much of the attack,[18] but Hump (High Backbone), a Miniconjou, was the prominent leader in the fighting. Lieutenant Bisbee, commanding the wagon train, sensibly took cover instead of pursuing the bait.[7]:150â156. The staff member used the model to explain the location of the fort⦠The investigation noted that 12 companies of soldiers were stationed at Fort Laramie in a region at peace, while at Fort Kearny Carrington had only five companies in a region at war. Capt. Less than seven days after that speech, the Sioux went to Fort Phil Kearny, the new sentinel of the Oregon Trail. The Fetterman Massacre (also called Fetterman Fight or Battle of the Hundred Slain) is one of the events of the Great Sioux Wars. They braved temperatures as low as -38°F (-39°C) during the journey to Fort Laramie. Carrington would blow up the magazine to ensure that no Americans remained alive to be captured by the Indians. F. H. BROWN, who was massacred by the Indians near Fort Phil, Kearny, was the son of MATTHEW BROWN, Esq., of Toledo, Ohio. In 1868, Fort Phil Kearny was abandoned, and in November of that year, Red Cloud signed a peace agreement with the US. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearny Massacre (Abridged, Annotated). [32], Also, in the case of Captain Tenodor Ten Eyck, who was sent by Carrington to support or rescue Fetterman when the sounds of battle were heard at Fort Kearny, the captain was accused[33] of having been slow to march to the aid of Fetterman, taking a longer route to reach him. "Indian Perspectives on the Bozeman Trail", Vaughn, p. 72â80; Grinnell, pp. It was out of sight, but only about 4 miles from Fort Kearny. The Plains Indians rarely mounted a direct charge at a foe capable of defense. A dramatic retelling of the 1866 Sioux victory where 81 soldiers were killed. Powell returned safely, having followed orders and accomplished his mission. He had a distinguished Civil War record as a combat officer, but he had been court-martialed for drunkenness and abuse of civilians and was known as a bigamist. Fort Phil Kearny Massacre Property of the Wyoming State Museum, A-1999.9.157 . Eyewitness testimonies and historians stated that Red Cloud was present in the battle, although his role during the fighting is unknown. [7]:171â173, The morning of December 21, 1866, was clear and cold. On December 21, 1866, eighty men under the command of Captain William Fetterman were surrounded and killed by an estimated force of over 1000 Sioux warriors in what would known as the Fetterman Massacre. The army used a treaty right to "establish roads, military and other post". The Indians in the valley slowly dispersed and disappeared. Stands In Timber, John and Margot Liberty: Papers relating to Talks and Councils held with the Indians in Dakota and Montana Territories in the Years 1866-1869. "[7]:225 Indian sovereignty over the Powder River country, however, only endured for eight years. Use the HTML below. We've curated a list of lesser-known films to help you explore the space-time continuum from the comfort of your couch. His pickets on Pilot Hill signaled that an Army wood train was being attacked 4 miles west of the fort. A cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps has been furnished to depict the period quarters of an officer's wife and a non-commissioned officer's quarters. They dispatched the 18th Infantry of the U.S. Army to Fort Phil Kearny, led by Colonel Henry B. Carrington. The warriors, possibly numbering more than 1,000, congregated about 10 miles north of Fort Kearny, reconnoitered, and decided the best place to lay the trap was along the Bozeman Trail north of Lodge Trail Ridge. Although initially blamed for the Fetterman defeat, after many years of effort, Carrington and his author wife succeeded in deflecting blame back to Fetterman. The Wagon Box Fight was an engagement on August 2, 1867, in the vicinity of Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming, during Red Cloud's War.A party of 26 US Army soldiers and 6 civilians were attacked by several hundred Lakota Sioux warriors. A few of the cavalry were with Fetterman, but Grummond and most of the cavalry apparently were a mile ahead of the infantry, near the flat along Peno Creek and possibly chasing other decoys. case, Fort Phil Kearny. When attacked, the cavalry retreated uphill and southward, toward Fetterman and Fort Kearny. Dealer at Hollywood Collector's shows (Ray Courts shows and his successors), Cinecon (Hollywood), Cinevent (Columbus) and many others. Indian warriors approached the soldiers and taunted them. However, the Indians saw through it and instead stampeded a herd of the cattle on the bank of the Powder River opposite Fetterman's intended trap. December 21 marks the 145th anniversary of the Fetterman Massacre, which took place near Fort Phil Kearny, in present-day Wyoming. [7]:209–210, Lurid newspaper stories blamed Carrington for the Fetterman disaster. He gave explicit orders not to pursue the Indians beyond Lodge Trail Ridge, 2 miles north of Fort Kearny. Instead of turning west to where the wagon train was under attack, he advanced northward up Lodge Trail Ridge, perhaps planning to circle east toward the wagon train, perhaps drawn by the Indian decoys, who mooned him. Just before the battle, Red Cloud called for the Lakotas' most powerful "half-man", a hermaphrodite who was believed to have special powers, to give advice from the butte overlooking the proposed ambush site. Grummond probably was killed at this point, after he had personally decapitated at least one warrior with his saber before being overwhelmed by the others. Fort Phil Kearny was one the reasons for this trip. According to Margret Irvin Carrington in her book Absaraka: Home of the Crows. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. He had accompanied an escort who guarded a wagon train gathering firewood and construction timber for Fort Kearny. [7]:147â150, Although he had no experience fighting Indians, Fetterman criticized Carrington's defensive posture and expressed contempt about the Indian foes. My husband is particularly interested in the Wagon Box fight which is a satellite site of the fort. Fetterman soon arrived to reinforce Carrington, and the Indians retreated. A grand attack had been planned with care and nearly every well-known Sioux chief had agreed to strike the invaders. He advanced along a narrow ridge leading to a flat area along Peno Creek. Visitors can also tour the nearby battlefields which are located within a five-mile radius of the visitor center and include interpretive trails. Rather, they struck at the rear and flanks of an opponent, using mounted mobility to probe for weaknesses and attempt to cause disorganization and panic, backing off if they encountered a stout defense, and closing in for the kill when they could do so with little risk of heavy casualties.[29]. She wrote My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre forty years after the fort was abandoned. [20] The Indians took about 20 minutes to kill the infantry and another 20 to dispatch the cavalry. Fetterman had been garrisoned at nearby Ft Phil Kearny, one of three posts along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming. The tragic events associated with Fort Phil Kearny, the Fetterman Massacre, and the Wagon Box Fight form one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of the Indian Wars.For two bloody years from 1866 to 1868, the Sioux Indians, bitter and opposing the invasion of their hunting grounds by prospectors bound over the Bozeman Trail to the Montana goldfields, fought back viciously. The snows were deep and Jim Bridger advised him that the Indians would hole up for the winter. The Lakota alliance emerged victorious and the remaining US forces withdrew from the area. The Fetterman Massacre was a significant battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between soldiers of the U.S. Army based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming, and the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians. The decoy trick had worked on December 6 and they decided to try it again, this time with a force adequate to destroy any group of soldiers sent to chase them. That afternoon, wagons were sent to bring the bodies back to Fort Kearny. According to Calitri, historians believe evidence conflicts as to whether Carrington gave his order. The infantry marched out first; the cavalry had to retrieve its mounts before it could follow and catch up. The dispatch from Colonel Henry B. Carrington at Fort Phil Kearny stated that three officers, 92 men, and two citizens had been massacred four days earlier near the fort. He allegedly boasted, "Give me 80 men and I can ride through the whole Sioux nation. Meanwhile, Carrington dispatched another group of 42 soldiers to join Ten Eyck. â Roundup Magazine After the loss of her first husband Frances went on to marry Colonel Henry B. Carrington. Guthrie, John. The dispatch from Colonel Henry B. Carrington at Fort Phil Kearny stated that three officers, 92 men, and two citizens had been massacred four days earlier near the fort. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Fort Kearny was built along the Bozeman Trail, although the establishment of a fort here was never agreed to by Red Cloud at the 1866 council at Fort Laramie. The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming. Even if he had taken the shortest route, Ten Eyck was highly unlikely to have arrived in time to assist Fetterman. [4] About 400 of his soldiers and most of the civilians were stationed at Fort Kearny. Shortly after Fetterman arrived at Fort Kearny, Carrington gave the captain permission to attempt a night ambush. Colonel Henry Carrington runs a severe command but finds his authority challenged by the more likeable Captain William Fetterman. She said these orders were given twice, the second time by Carrington from the sentry walk after ordering the soldiers to halt as they left the front gate of the fort. The Massacre at Fort Kearny drawing is obviously a record of both conjecture and fact. San Antonio: Newton Publishing Company, 1999. Dakotas, I am for war!â Monnett, John H., Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed: The Struggle for the Powder River Country in 1866 and the Making of the Fetterman Myth. Red Cloud was born in 1821 into the Oglala tribe - one of seven Lakota tribes, known by non-Natives as the⦠A group of 10 warriors, including Crazy Horse, acted to lure a detachment of U.S. soldiers into an ambush. Phillips accomplished the 236-mile ride to Fort Laramie in four days. [3], The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 had this territory designated as Crow land. Grummond and the cavalry apparently remained in good order, leading their horses and presumably firing at the Indians all around them. Today, the stockade of Fort Phil Kearny has been reconstructed. One-half of the 60-soldier escort suffered frostbite. One Hundred Years With the Second Cavalry. The bodies of Fetterman and his soldiers were found more than half a mile beyond the summit of the ridge. [34], United States Army [19], After leaving Fort Kearny with his infantry, Fetterman fired volleys at the small group of Indians, who harassed his flanks and taunted his soldiers. The Fetterman fight soured the mood of the nation and the government on defending the Bozeman Trail. [23][24] In his report to his superiors, Carrington listed what was discovered at the battlefield the next day: eyes torn out and laid on rocks, noses and ears cut off, teeth chopped out, brains taken out and placed on rocks, hands and feet cut off, and private parts severed. University of Oklahoma Press; 1st edition (March 23, 2017). Civilians Wheatley and Fisher and several cavalrymen, "knowing it was fatal to retreat from Indians", halted and took shelter among several large rocks, where they were killed. [7]:191–192, That evening, a civilian, John "Portugee" Phillips, volunteered to carry a distress message to Fort Laramie. [7]:169â170, Red Cloud and other Indian leaders, encouraged by their successes, decided to undertake a large military operation against Fort Kearny before winter snows forced them to break up their large village on the Tongue River and disperse. Leading the cavalrymen was Lieutenant Horatio S. Bingham. All 81 men under the command of Captain William J. Fetterman were then killed by the Native American warriors. Carrington left Fort Kearny on January 23 with his wife and the other women and children, including the pregnant wife of the deceased Lieutenant Grummond. The battlefield was examined briefly and the bodies of soldiers removed quickly. [9] The Native American warriors, invariably mounted, generally appeared in groups of 20 to 100. Carrington assumed that Fetterman intended to approach the Indians attacking the wood train from their rear. Massacre at Fort Phil Kearney George Bent, a Cheyenne-Anglo man, said 14 Indian warriors were killed. "Under no circumstances" was the relief party to "pursue over the ridge, that is Lodge Trail Ridge". A single Indian appeared, trying to entice the soldiers into chasing him into the woods. About 50 Indians appeared near Fort Kearny, but Carrington dispersed them with a few cannon shots. The following are the names of the Second Cavalry killed in the recent massacre at Fort Phil. [7]:174â177, About noon in the fort, Carrington and his men heard heavy firing to their north. Fetterman Massacre European-American immigrants traveling along the Bozeman Trail passed through Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming. Bingham and Fetterman were Civil War veterans, and Fetterman had a distinguished war record. On December 19, the Indians attacked another wood train. (26 Oct 1966). [1] A total of 81 American soldiers and civilians died in the battle. Carrington reported that he had killed 10 Indians, but both Fetterman and he were sobered by the shortcomings in organization and discipline of their largely inexperienced soldiers. The area around the fort was the site of the Fetterman massacre and the Wagon Box Fight. It is a necessary addition to other material on Fort Phil Kearny, the Fetterman Massacre, and the Bozeman Trail." â Roundup Magazine After the loss of her first husband Frances went on to marry Colonel Henry B. Carrington. Map of Fort Phil Kearny Memorial near where Capt Fetterman died. By claiming seniority as a brevet lieutenant colonel, Fetterman asked for and was given command of the relief party. Lieutenant Wands was also instructed to repeat them. Some historians interpreted that as a tribute to his bravery in standing alone against several armed enemies. All extra ammunition and explosives were deposited in a powder magazine ringed with wagons. [7]:177–178, About one-half mile after Fetterman had crossed the summit of Lodge Trail Ridge, the decoys gave a signal and the Indians on either side of the trail charged. , for example, discussions of Indian casualties vary widely was reckless and disobeyed. 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