Newspaper results for "Wounded Knee" OR "ghost dance"

US News Map searches Chronicling America, the Library of Congress collection of digitized American newspapers, and maps every matching page by where and when it was printed. Play the timeline to watch a word or a story move across the country.

Each result links to the full page image at the Library of Congress. US News Map is maintained by Trevor Goodyear.

Sample results

17377 matching newspaper pages in total. Washington, DC has the most hits (1008 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. National Republican — 1877-10-03, page 1

    … to d. Mv Great Father hoi plenty ormenarand can help us We want our agencies at Wounded Knee Creek lour words to nieare rerv good, Lut wedonat want to move to MWourl river …

  2. Evening Star — 1878-08-01, page 1

    … . He says: " My Diiar Commissioner;?We are spending the Sabbath day encamped on Wounded Knee Creek, not far from its head or source, which is in a range of sand hills. At the …

  3. Evening Star — 1878-10-09, page 1

    … pursuing the Indians. As I write the prairies are burning in the direction of the Wounded Knee, doubtless set oa tire by the flying Cheyennesto disconcert the pursuit." Increased …

  4. Evening Star — 1885-06-27, page 3

    … saddler, but he savs he has seen some farmine?his father has a farm He is now down at Wounded Knee with my ^Tu^iuLt J1Thif c/irnot speak one word of their laii.tuige. The other is …

  5. Evening Star — 1890-11-19, page 7

    … palefaces, but the Indians are to be lifted above it until it passes over. This ghost dance, too, is a harmless affair, being equivalent to Christian communion; that is, a …

  6. Evening Star — 1890-11-20, page 2

    … doing their utmost to quiet the Indians and had car ried their opposition to the ghost dance craze so far Monday that knives were drawn on tliem by the infuriated reds and …

  7. Evening Star — 1890-11-21, page 1

    … about 200, left Rosebud for Pine Ridge several tiavs ago to participate in the ghost dance*. The craze has been much more extended at Pine Ridge. and it is the cause of the …

    … bouuds of possibility that the danc ing Indians may consolidate "their forces at Wounded Knee, and in that case a fight mav be expected at any moment. Medicne Root,'the furthest …

    … point from I'ine Riuge agency, is 15 and Porcupine 25 miles. The last news from Wounded Knee, which came in last night, was to the effect that tho ghost dances were being held …

  8. The Daily Critic — 1890-11-21, page 1

    … Agesl JUysf IdjI, Sitaslion QrswiBg Series, OMAnt. Ski.. Not. 31. An Indian from Wounded Knee given the Informa tion which has caused the agents nml alt to put oh a more serious …

    … determination of the Indians to resist to tbe last any attempts to atop tbeir dancing. This ghost dance h n never been dcsctlbcd. It consists of n collection of n hundred or more gen …

    … Al a late hour last evenlag It was learned from couriers tbat not only have tbe Wounded Knee Indians continued tbe dsnee since tbev learned of tb arrival of tbe soldiers, but …

  9. Evening Star — 1890-11-22, page 4

    … seen that the two parties who on the pale face side have got to deal with this ghost dance are not troating it as a Baffale Bill show. The precautions are well taken, no …

  10. Evening Star — 1890-11-22, page 13

    … up to my Father and close what He has said to you through me,” A WOMAN REES THE GHOST DANCE. Mrs. James A. Finley, wife of the post trader at Pine Ridge agency, is visiting …

    … in Kansas City. She thus describes the ghost dance: “One ghost dance that I paw was participated in by 480 Indians. lu preparing for the dance they …

    … kill themselves dancing. Seven or eight of them died as a result of one dance near Wounded Knee. Every Indian has about four clubs made out of round stones twisted in rawhide. …

The interactive map and full results require JavaScript.