Colonel Leavenworth arrives at the Arikara villages …
Years: 1823 - 1823
August
Colonel Leavenworth arrives at the Arikara villages on August 9 and commences the attack using his Sioux cavalry, but this is held off by the Arikara.
On August 10 Leavenworth orders an artillery bombardment.
This is largely ineffective, the shots falling beyond the villages, at which point Leavenworth orders an infantry attack.
Like the Sioux auxiliaries, the regular infantry also fails to break into the villages.
They leave the battlefield with some captured horses and laden with corn taken from the farming Indians' fields.
On August 11 Leavenworth negotiates a peace treaty.
"In making this treaty, I met with every possible difficulty which it was in the power of the Missouri Fur Company to throw in my way."
Fearing further attacks, the Arikara leave the village that night.
Leavenworth sets off to return to Fort Atkinson on August 15.
The Arikara village is burned behind him by resentful members of the Missouri Fur Company, much to Leavenworth's anger.
The US Army suffers the first casualties in the West during the Arikara War; seven people drown in the Missouri.
On August 10 Leavenworth orders an artillery bombardment.
This is largely ineffective, the shots falling beyond the villages, at which point Leavenworth orders an infantry attack.
Like the Sioux auxiliaries, the regular infantry also fails to break into the villages.
They leave the battlefield with some captured horses and laden with corn taken from the farming Indians' fields.
On August 11 Leavenworth negotiates a peace treaty.
"In making this treaty, I met with every possible difficulty which it was in the power of the Missouri Fur Company to throw in my way."
Fearing further attacks, the Arikara leave the village that night.
Leavenworth sets off to return to Fort Atkinson on August 15.
The Arikara village is burned behind him by resentful members of the Missouri Fur Company, much to Leavenworth's anger.
The US Army suffers the first casualties in the West during the Arikara War; seven people drown in the Missouri.
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- Arikara people (Amerind tribe)
- Lakota, aka Teton Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- Dakota, aka Santee Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- American Fur Company
- Missouri Fur Company
- Rocky Mountain Fur Company
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Years: 1823 - 1823
August
People
Groups
- Arikara people (Amerind tribe)
- Lakota, aka Teton Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- Dakota, aka Santee Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- American Fur Company
- Missouri Fur Company
- Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions