Word: powders
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Edmunds and the other members of the commission tried to persuade the Indians to allow the Federal government to build roads across the Indian country. The government was particularly interested in fortifying the Bozeman Trail, which ran along the Powder River and was the only route from Fort Laramie to Montana...
...Indian tribes in the area blockaded the Trail, and throughout the next three years (1865-1868), the Indian chief Red Cloud, an Oglala Sioux, spearheaded a running battle with the U.S. cavalry for control of the Powder River area...
...treaty commission never intended to accept a compromise with the Indians, and only Red Cloud's resistance forced the government to abandon its plans for the Powder River country. The numerous peace commissions-three in two years-that arrived at Fort Laramie always sought Red Cloud's signature, and the great Sioux leader was willing to meet with the commissions...
...Sioux spiritual leader named Leonard Crow Dog struck up a chant in the Lakota language. As each warrior passed by, he blessed him and painted a slash or a circle of red powder under the left eye. Each warrior then stepped into a white tepee, making a holy sign over the bleached skull of a buffalo head...
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D.--The seizure of Wounded Knee 17 days ago by members of the American Indian Movement finally brought a smouldering powder keg close to its explosion point. Since AIM was founded in Minneapolis, Minn. in 1968, its increasingly activist message pointed inevitably to a militant...