The Massacre At Wounded Knee Creek; December 29,1890 began whe a deaf mute Indian refused; to surrender his rifle because he had paid a lot for it. It discharge d; and the 7th cavalry under Colonel James Forsythe began shooting; and they had 4 Hotchkiss guns. They massacred over 300; Indians, mainly women and children. Some women were found up to; 2 miles away where they had been hunted down and killed. 4 had; their live babies underneath them. This was called the "Last of; the Indian wars." This was Bigfoot's Band of the Lakota. 20; soldiers received the congressional medal of honor for their part in the; massacre. The men were gathered to do the ghost dance and thought; the bullets wouldn't penetrate their special ghost dance shirts. The bodies were left to freeze in the snow for 3 days .
