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On August 28th, General Connor surprised Medicine Man's band of Indians on Tongue River; killed fifty; captured village, all winter provisions, and 600 horses--all the stock they had.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “On August 28th, General Connor surprised Medicine Man's band of Indians on Tongue River; killed fifty; captured village…”
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Dodge reports on a significant military engagement where General Connor's forces achieved a decisive victory against a band of Indians.
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