TLB 017 120mm Red Cloud
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Sculpted by David Lea
Painted by Tommy Osborne
In June of 1866 the United States Government organized a great peace conference with the Sioux and Cheyenne at Fort Laramie, Civil War hero William T. Sherman headed the council. Great chiefs like Dull Knife, Spotted Tail and Red Cloud were brought in to talk. Sherman wanted permission for white emigrants to cross the Indian lands as well as for permission to build three forts on the Bozeman Trail, which connected the Platte River with the mines of Montana. Speaking for the Indians was Red Cloud of the Ogallalas. He announced that no such concessions would be made. When he saw soldiers marching off to build the forts before the council was finished, Red Cloud angrily broke off talks and stormed out. The Whites were warned to watch out for their scalps.
What followed has come to be known as Red Clouds War, and it was started by the Fetterman massacre. Red Cloud and his followers wiped out 80 of Fetterman’s men outside of Fort Kearney in 1866. Next followed the Hayfield Fight and the Wagon Box fight as well as more havoc along the Bozeman Trail. In April of 1868 Sherman called for another meeting to try to talk peace with Red Cloud. In the face of the deaths that littered the landscape since the last talks, they took Red Cloud a little more seriously this time. In fact, they virtually conceded to his every demand. The Bozeman Trail was closed and the three forts along it were abandoned. Red Cloud in turn promised to “try” to keep his young warriors from going on the warpath. Hence the signing of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty by Red Cloud and thus making Red Cloud the only Native American leader to ever win a war against the United States Army.
Painted by Tommy Osborne
In June of 1866 the United States Government organized a great peace conference with the Sioux and Cheyenne at Fort Laramie, Civil War hero William T. Sherman headed the council. Great chiefs like Dull Knife, Spotted Tail and Red Cloud were brought in to talk. Sherman wanted permission for white emigrants to cross the Indian lands as well as for permission to build three forts on the Bozeman Trail, which connected the Platte River with the mines of Montana. Speaking for the Indians was Red Cloud of the Ogallalas. He announced that no such concessions would be made. When he saw soldiers marching off to build the forts before the council was finished, Red Cloud angrily broke off talks and stormed out. The Whites were warned to watch out for their scalps.
What followed has come to be known as Red Clouds War, and it was started by the Fetterman massacre. Red Cloud and his followers wiped out 80 of Fetterman’s men outside of Fort Kearney in 1866. Next followed the Hayfield Fight and the Wagon Box fight as well as more havoc along the Bozeman Trail. In April of 1868 Sherman called for another meeting to try to talk peace with Red Cloud. In the face of the deaths that littered the landscape since the last talks, they took Red Cloud a little more seriously this time. In fact, they virtually conceded to his every demand. The Bozeman Trail was closed and the three forts along it were abandoned. Red Cloud in turn promised to “try” to keep his young warriors from going on the warpath. Hence the signing of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty by Red Cloud and thus making Red Cloud the only Native American leader to ever win a war against the United States Army.