Week 27: July
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7/2 of… 1861
Ellen Liddy Watson “Cattle Kate” born in Arran Lake, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada: Seamstress, Waitress, Homesteader, Cattle Rancher. {001}
1873
Some 700 Pawnee Indians, about half women and children, leave the Genoa Agency, NE for the summer buffalo hunt. The agent, John Williamson will accompany the expedition. (see: Wk. 31, 08/05/1873) {001}
1874
Adobe Walls, TX+2; William Olds killed when his rifle discharges while descending a ladder from a lookout post; the last casualty of the battle. {001}
1874
The Black Hills Expedition led by Lt. Colonel George A. Custer leaves Ft. Lincoln, Dakota Territory to scout a location for a new fort on the grounds that the Indians were using the Black Hills as a retreat after rustling cattle. Including 110 wagons, a large military escort, scientists and two geologists to do mineral surveys; this was an outright intentional violation of the 1868 treaty, intended to provoke an Indian response so the land could be seized for settlers. {001}
1881
An unguarded President James A. Garfield shot twice by Charles Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. (see also: Wk 33; 08/19/1863) {001}
1899
Black Jack Ketchum kills two miners during a dispute over a card game: Camp Verde, AZ. {001}
1916
Born in Lamar, CO; Ken Curtis (Curtis Wain Gates): TV Actor, Sidekick+3. {001}
7/3 of… 1863
Kaposia Chief Little Crow murdered while picking raspberries, by a wood cutter named Lamson for the bounty on Indians in Minnesota ($25). Lamson received a $500 bonus when the Chief was identified. His scalp is still in the possession of
