Brig. Gen. Mitchell discovered that he could not stand Indians. Perhaps he could have tolerated them if they had decent manners, but they did not.
Underfoot at Fort Cottonwood, the Sioux grabbed shiny objects, begged, and of course stole. And stared.
Brig. Gen. Mitchell had ordered fort soldiers not to copulate with the filthy squaws, but that stopped no one.
At the "Big Talk," when his turn came to speak, the general barked out: "Steer clear of the Platte River valley."
Instead of embracing Brig. Gen. Mitchell's order, Chief Spotted Tail said, "We're willing and able to give the white men all the war they want."
That puzzled the general. "Why did he threaten?"
"You've shredded their pride," the fort commander said.
Their pride. How disgusting!
Coming April 28, 7-9 p.m.
The Apollon, 1801 Vinton St., Omaha
THIEVES, RASCALS & SORE LOSERS:
The Unsettling History of the Dirty
Deals that Helped Settle Nebraska
by Marilyn June Coffey
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