Mounta Doane (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Mounta Doane

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Mount Doane: Gustavus Doane led a company that participated in the 1870 Marias Massacre. The U.S. army murdered some 200 Piegan Blackfeet Indians — mostly women, children and elderly who were recovering from smallpox. The chief had been promised protection from the U.S. government.

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NPS PHOTO BY J. SCHMIDT

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