Survivors of the Wounded Knee Massacre surrendering

Survivors of the Wounded Knee Massacre surrendering to the US Army, Jan. 1, 1891. Many of Big Foots band of Minneconjou Sioux ran into the cold barren land during the gun fight between Indians and the Army men that surrounded their encampment. The survivors who did not freeze to death returned the Pine Ridge Agency a few days later (BSLOC_2017_18_20)

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