The Lakota Leader Who Forced The U.S. Army To Abandon Its Forts — And Won A War Most Americans Never Learned About
The Fetterman disaster produced extensive coverage, much of it focused on the suffering of the soldiers and the demand for revenge.
The specific circumstances — that Fetterman had disobeyed orders and led his command into an ambush — received less emphasis than the call for a more aggressive military response.
The deaths of 81 soldiers were presented as an outrage that demanded action, not as the consequence of a command decision that had been specifically warned against.
The coverage of the subsequent peace negotiations was more mixed.
The eastern press, particularly papers that were sympathetic to the reform faction in Indian affairs, sometimes covered the proceedings in ways that acknowledged the legitimacy of Lakota territorial claims.
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