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===Red Cloud's War===
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[[File:Kim Douglas Wiggins painting of the Fetterman Massacre.jpg|thumb|Painting of the Fetterman Fight by [[Kim Douglas Wiggins]].]]
Red Cloud's War was a war fought between soldiers of the United States and the allied [[Lakota people|Lakota]], Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho from 1866 to 1868. The war was named after the prominent [[Oglala Lakota]] chief [[Red Cloud]] who led many followers into battle with the invading soldiers. The war was a response to the large number of miners and settlers passing through the [[Bozeman Trail]], which was the fastest and easiest trail from [[Fort Laramie]] to the Montana goldfields. The Bozeman Trail passed right through the [[Powder River Country]] which was near the center of Arapaho, Cheyenne, Lakota, and Dakota territory in Wyoming and southern Montana. The large number of miners and settlers competed directly with the Indians for resources such as food along the trail.<ref>[http://www.bozemantrail.org/index.html Fort Phil Kearney/Bozeman Trail Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195448/http://www.bozemantrail.org/index.html |date=October 29, 2013 }}, accessed 18 Aug 2013</ref>

The most significant battle during Red Cloud's War was the [[Fetterman Fight]], also known as Battle of The Hundred in the Hand to the Indian forces fought on December 21, 1866. The Battle involved Capt. [[William J. Fetterman]] who led a force of 79 soldiers and two civilians after a group of 10 Indian decoys planning on luring Fetterman's forces into an ambush. The 10 decoys consisted of two Arapaho, two Cheyenne, and six Lakota. Fetterman was well known for his boastful nature and his inexperience fighting Indian warriors and despite orders to not pursue the decoys did so anyway. [[Jim Bridger]], famous Mountain Man and guide to the soldiers stationed at Fort Laramie, commented on how the soldiers "don't know anything about fighting Indians".<ref>Brown, Dee. ''The Fetterman Massacre''. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1962, pp. 160–165</ref> After about a half-mile pursuit, the decoys signaled the hidden warriors to ambush Fetterman and his forces. Warriors from both sides of the trail charged Fetterman and forced them into nearby rocks where the battle soon became hand-to-hand combat, giving the Indians the upper hand due to their skill in fighting with handheld weapons such as tomahawks and war clubs. The Indian forces killed all of Fetterman's infantry, as well as the following cavalry, with a total of 81 killed. The battle was the greatest military defeat by the US on the Great Plains until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later. Red Cloud's War ended in a victory for the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Lakota, and Dakota. The Treaty of Fort Laramie guaranteed legal control of the Powder River country to the Indians.