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These two buttons were recovered from the Village on the Pawnee Fork in Ness County during excavations in 1977. "Bullet" buttons, such as these, are generally considered for military use. They predate the 1867 destruction of the village and may have, by that time, been used by civilians. They all have a steel wire shank for attachment. This village, occupied by several hundred Southern Cheyenne and Southern Teton Oglala, was destroyed in 1867 by order of Major General Winifred S. Hancock. The site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1867
Item Number: 313961
Call Number: 14NS403-300; -301; -302; -303; -304; -305
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 313961
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Military
Military - Equipment - Uniforms
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sioux - Ogalla Sioux
Places - Counties - Ness
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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