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KANSAS
HISTORICAL MARKER
LAST INDIAN RAID IN KANSAS
IN SEPTEMBER 1878, A BAND OF HOMESICK
NORTHERN CHEYENNES.. CONSISTING DE 89 MEN
WAMEN AND 134 CHILOREN STOEE AWAN PROM
THEIR OKLAHOMA RESERVATION UNDER THE LEADER
SHIP OF CHIEF BULL NIFE. ATTACKED BY SMAEL
TROOP DETACHMENT3 AND COWBOYS THEY MOVED
THROUGH KANSAS KILLING AND PLUNDERING.
WESTERN COUNTIES WERE TERRORZEO BUT FORT
LEAVENWORTH DISCOUNTED REPORTS AND OBLAYGO
HELP WEEKS LATER I49 OF THE RDIANS WERE
CAPTURED IN NORTHERN NEBRASK Mdst c
THESE WERE AFTERWARD KILLED N PRISOINA
BREAKS ANO FEW WERE RETURNED TO CKLAHOMA.
THEIR ESEAPE ACROSS THREE STATES FURSUED
BY TROOPS EROM THREE MILITARY DERREMMENIS TE
VICTIMS WERE FORTY KANSAS SETTLERSUAARDERED
ON THEIR FARMS. HERE IN DECATUR COUNTY L
NINETEEN WERE KILLED ON SAPPA CREEK.A
MONUMENTSTU THEM STANDS IN THE SEMETERY
EAST OF JHIS MARKER
ERECTED BY
KANSAS RISTORICAL SOCETY AND STATE HICHWAY COSSION
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