Passage: Siku iliyopita, kikosi cha Marekani 7th Cavalry Regiment wakiongozwa na Major Samuel M. Whitside alikamatwa Spotted Elk kundi la Miniconjou Lakota na 38 Hunkpapa Lakota karibu Porcupine Butte na kuwapeleka 5 maili (8.0 km) magharibi kwa Wounded Knee Creek, ambapo walifanya kambi. Mabaki ya 7th Cavalry Regiment, wakiongozwa na Kanali James W. Forsyth, na aliwasili kuzunguka kambi.
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