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Image: U. S. Cavalry soldiers during the Battle of Beecher Island

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Description: U. S. Cavalry soldiers during the Battle of Beecher Island, Arikaree River, Colorado, 1868. An officer hands a wounded soldier a drink of water as another man sips from a pool. A third prepares to fire his rifle. The battle was waged against Native Americans (Cheyenne) who had surrounded the island.
Title: U. S. Cavalry soldiers during the Battle of Beecher Island
Credit: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June, 1895, p. 57. File copied from http://digital.denverlibrary.org/u?/p15330coll22,38419
Author: Unknown artistUnknown artist
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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