1876 - The U.S. government issues an ultimatum that all Sioux who are not on the Great Sioux Reservation by January 31 will be considered hostile. The winter is bitter and most Sioux do not even hear of the ultimatum until after the deadline. A photograph of Deadwood in 1876. General view of the Dakota Territory gold rush town from a hillside above. By S. J. Morrow.
Log cabins under construction at the foot of a hillside.
The people were driven from their lodges and many were killed. The lodges and all the winter supplies were burned and the horse herd captured. That night, the warriors recaptured the horse herd. The people then sought refuge in Crazy Horse 's camp an few miles away. A photograph of cinching and loading pack mule with flour during starvation march of Gen. George Crook 's expedition into the Black Hills.