Ammunition
- Bullets
Artillery
- Cannons and other large guns
Battle of Killdeer Mountains
- General Sully fought Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota people in the Killdeer Mountains
Battle of the Little Bighorn
- Battle fought along the Little Bighorn River in Montana
- Also called the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek
- Custer and his entire 7th Cavalry were wiped out
Boarding school
- School with housing
Cavalry
- Soldiers on horseback
Custer, Elizabeth
- Nicknamed “Libby”
- Wife of George Custer
- Spent 57 years trying to save her husband’s reputation
Custer, George Armstrong
- Commander of 7th Cavalry at Fort Abraham Lincoln
- Lieutenant Colonel in the army
- He and his troops were killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana
Fisk, Captain James
- Escorted wagon trains through North Dakota
- Established temporary Fort Dilts when attacked by Lakota warriors
Fort Abercrombie
- First army fort in North Dakota
- Located on the Red River about 12 miles north of present-day Wahpeton
- Was attacked by Dakota warriors for about six weeks in 1862
Fort Abraham Lincoln
- Cavalry and infantry post south of present-day Mandan
- Had originally been named “Fort McKeen”
- Custer’s 7th Cavalry stationed there
Fort Buford
- Farthest west army fort in North Dakota
- Located near confluence of Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers
- Built with lumber from the abandoned fur trading post, Fort Union
Fort Dilts
- Temporary fort with walls built of sod
- Built by Captain Fisk’s party when attacked by Lakota warriors
Fort Pembina
- Located near the confluence of the Red and Pembina Rivers
- Built near the old Fort Pembina fur trading post
Fort Rice
- Headquarters for Sully’s troops in 1864
- Located on Missouri River about 30 miles from present-day Mandan
Fort Yates
- Army fort along Missouri River near South Dakota border
- Turned over to Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
- Site of present-day town of Fort Yates
Infantry
- Soldiers on foot
Kelly, Fanny
- Woman held captive by Lakota warriors for five months
- Saved herself and Fort Rice by writing secret messages
Laundress
- Woman who did the laundry for soldiers at an army fort
Lincoln, Abraham
- U.S. President who saved hundreds of Dakota warriors from being hanged
- Signed bill establishing Dakota Territory
Provisions
- Food supplies
Quadrangle
- Rectangular area with buildings on all four sides
Reservation
- Land reserved for American Indians
Settlers
- People who came to an area to live there
Sibley, Henry
- Led about 3,300 soldiers into North Dakota to round up Dakota warriors
- Many Dakota women and children drowned in Missouri River trying to get away
- Destroyed Dakota provisions and equipment along Missouri River
Slaughter, Linda
- Author, public speaker, artist, nurse
- Worked with her surgeon husband at Fort Rice
Suds Row
- Area of army fort where laundresses lived and worked
Sully, Alfred
- Led 2,000 cavalry into North Dakota to round up Dakota warriors
- Led army which killed 150 to 300 Dakota people, including women and children, at the Battle of Whitestone Hill
- Destroyed Dakota provisions and equipment after battles at Whitestone Hill and Killdeer Mountains
Treaty
- An agreement between the U.S. government and an American Indian tribe
U.S. 7th Cavalry
- Army cavalry company stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln Commanded by George Custer
- Command by George Custer
- Wiped out at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
White flag
- Symbol of a truce or peace
Whitestone Hill
- From 150 to 200 Dakota people, including women and children, were killed
- Bloodiest conflict ever fought in North Dakota