Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands

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. The U.S. military mission was intended to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail. A group of ten warriors, including Crazy Horse, acted to lure a detachment of U.S. soldiers into an ambush. All 81 men under the command of Captain William J. Fetterman were then killed by the Native American warriors. At the time, it was the worst military disaster ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains.

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1866  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Battle of a Hundred Slain; Fetterman Fight; Fetterman Massacre
battle, United States, 

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Location: 44.5712, -106.8411, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1866 Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands

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Frameless

Harper's weekly (1867) (14596346767)

Fetterman massacre

The Indian battle and massacre near Fort Philip Kearney, Dacotah (sic) Territory, December 21, 1866 LCCN2001700334

Battle near Fort Philip Kearney, Dakota Territory, December 21, 1866

The Massacre of United States troops by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, near Fort Philip Kearney, Dakotah Territory, December 22nd, 1866 LCCN93508538

Fetterman massacre II

The Massacre of Colonel Fetterman's Command, by C. D. Graves

Indian history for young folks (1919) (14730392146)

FettermanPlaquePhilKonstantin

Massacre hill

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1866	Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands	battle	Wikidata
site	fort	1866	Fort Phil Kearny	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Harper's weekly (1867) (14596346767)		Commons
commons	image		Fetterman massacre		Commons
commons	image		The Indian battle and massacre near Fort Philip Kearney, Dacotah (sic) Territory, December 21, 1866 LCCN2001700334		Commons
commons	image		Battle near Fort Philip Kearney, Dakota Territory, December 21, 1866		Commons
commons	image		The Massacre of United States troops by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, near Fort Philip Kearney, Dakotah Territory, December 22nd, 1866 LCCN93508538		Commons
commons	image		Fetterman massacre II		Commons
commons	image		The Massacre of Colonel Fetterman's Command, by C. D. Graves		Commons
commons	image		Indian history for young folks (1919) (14730392146)		Commons
commons	image		FettermanPlaquePhilKonstantin		Commons
commons	image		Massacre hill		Commons