Standing Bear had left the Ponca reservation…
1878 CE
On reaching the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska, Standing Bear and his party are welcomed as relatives.
Word of their arrival in Nebraska soon reaches the government.
Under orders from the Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz, who also directs the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Brigadier General George Crook has the Ponca arrested for having left the reservation in Indian Territory.
The Army takes Standing Bear and the others to Fort Omaha, where they are detained.
Although the official orders are to return them immediately to Indian Territory, Crook is sympathetic to the Ponca and appalled to learn of the conditions they had left
He delays their return so the Ponca can rest, regain their health, and seek legal redress.
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