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This illustration portrays soldiers under the command of General Winfield S. Hancock burning a Cheyenne village on Pawnee Fork, thirty miles west of Fort Larned. The illustration was drawn by Theodore Davis and published in Harpers Weekly, April 19, 1867. The village was burned as part of a campaign to pacify Native American tribes on the Great Plains who had come into conflict with white settlers.
Creator: Davis, Theodore R.
Date: April 19, 1867
This image can be used to discuss the military's depredations and their role on the plains as the enforcers of the U.S. government's policy toward Indians.
KS:7th:3.1:Federal Government and Indian Lands (2005)
Item Number: 209726
Call Number: E83 .866 *15
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209726
Built Environment - Function - American Indian - Tipis
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Military
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Broken promises
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Cheyenne
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Military presence on the Plains
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Larned
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine - Illustrations
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Larned
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Harper's Weekly
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Illustrations
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