Editing Battle Creek, Nebraska (section)

==History==
In 1859, following complaints of [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] depredations against settlers in the [[Elkhorn River]] valley, a combined force of Nebraska Territorial Militia under the command of General [[John Milton Thayer]] and [[2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (United States)|2nd U.S. Army Dragoons]] under Lieutenant [[Beverly Robertson|Beverly Holcombe Robertson]] prepared to attack a Pawnee village. Rather than fighting, the Pawnees surrendered before the attack could be launched. Chief Petalesharu draped an American flag over his shoulders and held a [[peace pipe]] while confronting the soldiers to stop the fight from taking place,
<ref>[http://bcps.esu8.org/Community/History.htm "bcps.esu8.org"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820122034/http://bcps.esu8.org/Community/History.htm |date=August 20, 2014 }}</ref> ending the Pawnee War of 1859. Although no battle occurred, the nearby stream was dubbed [[Battle Creek (Nebraska)|Battle Creek]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/madison/battlecreek/ | title=Battle Creek, Madison County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=19 August 2014}}</ref> The town founded in the area in 1867 took the creek's name for itself.<ref>
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040702102703/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/battle_creek.htm "Battle Creek".]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved 2010-03-06.</ref>