Thomas Millman, physician to the North American Boundary Commission, kept a diary of his experiences while in the West. On July 31, 1874, he wrote “we met with Boswell & Dawson & the photographers. They were getting the photo of some dead Indians. They appear to be Crow Indians killed last winter by the Pegans. About 20 altogether were riddled with bullet holes & every one scalped. Most of them had their shirts & every one had a gash in their side. Bodies were shrivelled up but skin pretty sound”.
The Piegan were part of the Blackfeet tribe
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how these guys could tell it was the Blackfeet vs the Sioux a year later, but there is certainly a conflict in the title vs the description. I've added the Blackfeet to the title to note that.
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