The Ponca move from the Quapaw Reservation…

1878 CE

The Ponca move from the Quapaw Reservation one hundred and fifty miles (two hundred and forty-kilometers) west to the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River, south of present-day Ponca City, Oklahoma.

By spring 1878, nearly a third of the tribe has died due to starvation, malaria and related causes.

Standing Bear's eldest son, Bear Shield, is among the dead.

Standing Bear had promised to bury him in the Niobrara River valley homeland, so he leaves to travel north with about thirty followers.

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Ponca City Kay Oklahoma United States View →

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