Mizpah Creek Incidents
| Mizpah Creek Incidents | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States | Lakota Sioux | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Thaddeus B. Glover | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13 soldiers, 3 Indian scouts | ~15 warriors | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 Killed, 1 Severely Wounded, 2 Horses Captured | 8 Captured and Executed | ||||||
The Mizpah Creek Incidents, were a series of incidents that occured from April 5-10, 1879, between United States Soldiers and civilians, and Lakota Sioux warriors, that resulted in the death of one U.S. soldier, and the capture and execution of eight Lakota Sioux warriors. The incidents occurred near Mizpah Creek, a tributary of the Powder River, in Montana Territory, in present day southeastern Montana, United States.[1]
The Incidents[edit]
The first of the incidents occurred on April 5, 1879 in present-day Powder River or Custer Counties, Montana, near the Powder River Telegraph Station, on the Fort Keogh to Fort Meade telegraph route, when a small group of about fifteen Lakota Sioux warriors attacked two unidentified U.S. Army soldiers. They killed a Private of Company E, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, severely wounded a Sergeant of the Signal Corps, and captured the two men's horses. The wounded Sergeant made his way about 60 miles northwest to Fort Keogh, and told the garrison of the event. After this was reported, on April 8, 1879 Colonel Nelson A. Miles, the commander of Fort Keogh, ordered out Sergeant Thaddeus B. Glover with a small detachment of ten soldiers of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry to locate and arrest the warriors responsible. On April 10, 1879 Glover's men caught up with the Lakota's trail, and deployed to advance. Two Lakota Sioux warriors signaled a white flag and willingly surrendered to Glover's detachment, before six warriors fired on the cavalrymen. The soldiers forced the six warrior's surrender, without taking any casualties. The eight captured Sioux were then brought back to Fort Keogh, and later were all executed by hanging. The action of April 10, as recalled by Sergeant Glover:
"We were then in the Little Bighorn Mountains, I advanced but a short distance, when I saw two Indians standing on a rock silhouetted against the background of the sky, signalling with the white flag. I advanced and accepted their surrender. Turning, I heard the sound of furious firing in the rear. The two Indians had been joined by others and treacherously opened an attack while my men were quietly leaning on their arms. Not an Indian got away. We captured them all, and under a strong guard I took them back to the post. They were tried and convicted of murder, but cheated the executioner, for Indian-like, they all hanged themselves in the jail at Miles City."
— Sergeant Thaddeus B. Glover, 1879
Medal of honor[edit]
One Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded for actions during the incident. It was for:
- Sergeant Thaddeus B. Glover, Company B, 2nd United States Cavalry Regiment.
Order of Battle[edit]
United States Army, Sergeant Thaddeus Brown Glover, Commanding.
- 2nd United States Cavalry Regiment, (Detachment-11 men), Sergeant Thaddeus Brown Glover.
- United States Signal Corps (Detachment-1 man), unidentified Sergeant (severely wounded).
- 3 Indian Scouts.
Native Americans
- ~15 Lakota Sioux Warriors.
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_go/glover_thaddeous_ny.html. Missing or empty
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