A number of diplomatic efforts are underway…

January 1877 CE

A number of diplomatic efforts are underway in an effort to end the war while military leaders begin planning a spring campaign against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne who have refused to come in.

As the winter wears on, rumors reach Camp Robinson that the northern bands are interested in surrendering.

The commanding officer sends out a peace delegation.

About thirty young men, mostly Oglala and Northern Cheyenne, depart the Red Cloud Agency on January 16, 1877, to make the dangerous journey north.

Among the most prominent members of this delegation is a young Oglala named Enemy Bait (better known later as George Sword).

He is the son of the prominent headman Brave Bear.

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