Lewellen, Nebraska
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Lewellen is a village in Garden County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 175 at the 2020 census.
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Grattan massacre
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The Grattan massacre, also referred to as the Grattan Fight, was the initial conflict of the First Sioux War, occurring on August 19, 1854, between the United States Army and the Lakota Sioux warriors
Lewellen, Nebraska
…the command of William Selby Harney, made a surprise punitive attack on a Brule Sioux encampment led by Chief Little Thunder, in retaliation for the Grattan incident. Army infantry and cavalry killed a total of 86 people, including women and children, and taking another 70 women and children as captives. Samuel P…
Grattan Massacre marker, 2003
Red Cloud, late life photo.