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| Sys. no. | 005766519 |
|---|---|
| Topical Term | Grattan Massacre, Wyo., 1854 |
| S.F. Topical Term | Fort Laramie, Battle of, Wyo., 1854 |
| S.A. Topical Term | Dakota Indians -- Wars |
| Massacres -- Wyoming | |
| Wyoming -- History | |
| Source Data Found | Work cat: 2018017415: All because of a Mormon cow, c2019: CIP t.p. (Grattan Massacre) publisher’s summary (Grattan Massacre; U.S. Army lieutenant John L. Grattan led a detachment of twenty-nine soldiers and one civilian interpreter to a large Lakota encampment near Fort Laramie to arrest an Indian man accused of killing a Mormon emigrant’s cow) galley (August 19, 1854; considered the first shots fired in the First Sioux War (1854-1856); a seminal event in the Plains Indian wars) |
| Beck, P.N. First Sioux war: the Grattan Fight and Blue Water Creek, 1854-1856, c2004. | |
| Dictionary of battles and sieges, 2007: Grattan Massacre, 1854 (see Fort Laramie) Fort Laramie (18 August 1854; Sioux Indian Wars; Chief Conquering Bear was fatally wounded; in retribution, Grattan and his entire detachment of 29 were killed) | |
| Wikipedia, Sept. 25, 2018: (The Grattan Massacre, also known as the Grattan Fight) | |
| Alma MMS ID | 987012408453305171 |