US 7th Cavalry massacres Lakota at Wounded Knee Creek
In the snowy dawn of a fateful day, Big Foot's beleaguered band of Lakota Sioux, weary from days of forced relocation and dwindling rations, stumbled into the waiting guns of the US 7th Cavalry Regiment near Wounded Knee Creek. The chaos that ensued would forever be etched in infamy as one of America's darkest moments. As the Lakota men, women, and children were brutally cut down, the US cavalry, still fueled by the fervor of Manifest Destiny, showed little mercy, leaving behind a trail of blood, tears, and broken dreams. In the end, a tragic toll of over 300 Lakota lives lost, and a nation's collective conscience forever shaken.
Occurred on: December 29th, 1890