Chronology of American Indian History

Mountain), in what is now northwestern North
Dakota. There, Dakota Sioux who participated in
the Minnesota Uprising (see entry for AUGUST 18
TO SEPTEMBER 23, 1862) have come to live with
their Lakota Sioux relatives. The Indians, num-
bering as many as 6,000, initially hold off Sully’s
men but are eventually forced to flee. In addition
to about 100 casualties, the Sioux suffer the loss of
supplies and weapons destroyed by the army after
the Indians retreat.

August 13

The Third Colorado Cavalry is formed to
fight Indians.
After petitioning the federal government, Colo-
rado Territory governor John Evans is granted

permission to recruit the Third Colorado Cavalry,

a special military unit whose sole purpose is to

subdue area Indians. The cavalrymen are nick-

named the “Hundred Dazers,” because they are

to serve for only 100 days. Coming only a month

before Coloradans will be asked to vote for or

against statehood, Evans’s insistence on forming

the group is largely meant to placate voters call-

ing for a military solution to outbreaks of Indian

violence in the territory.

September 28

Southern Cheyenne leader Black Kettle asks

for peace.

Following a successful peace council with Edward

W. Wynkoop, the commander of Fort Lyon in

Navajo laborers working under the watch of armed U.S. Army soldiers at Bosque Redondo (Courtesy Palace of

the Governors, MNM/DCA, Neg. no. 1816)