November 1875 Warrior Estimate and Hostility Assessment
- When
- November 1875
- Where
- Washington, D.C. deliberations (issuance place of the report itself unconfirmed)
An unnamed Indian agent estimated a few hundred warriors in unceded areas in November 1875; passages do not confirm E.C. Watkins authored this report.
In November 1875, an Indian agent stated that Indians living in the unceded areas numbered "a few hundred warriors." The supplied passages attribute this estimate to an unnamed agent and do not confirm that E.C. Watkins issued a report in Washington, D.C., or the legacy November 9 date. They do show that Indian Inspector E.C. Watkins supported a military option during the concurrent Washington, D.C. deliberations over the Black Hills, and that the government subsequently set a January 31, 1876 deadline for Lakota and Sioux to return to the reservation.
Sources
- Great Sioux War of 1876 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
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