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Powder River Expedition (1865)

Years: 1865 - 1865

The Powder River Expedition, or the Powder River War or Powder River Invasion, of 1865, is a large and far-flung military operation of the United States Army against the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians in what soon becomes the Wyoming and Montana territories.

Although soldiers destroy one Arapaho village and establish Fort Connor to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail, the expedition is considered a failure because it had failed to defeat the Indians and secure peace in the region.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)