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River system. Missouri River. The Marias River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 210 mi (338 km) long, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is formed in Glacier County, in northwestern Montana, by the confluence of the Cut Bank Creek and the Two Medicine River. It flows east, through Lake Elwell, formed by the Tiber Dam, then ...
The Marias Massacre (also known as the Baker Massacre or the Piegan Massacre) was a massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Native peoples which was committed by United States Army forces under Major Eugene Mortimer Baker as part of the Indian Wars. The massacre occurred on January 23, 1870, in Montana Territory. Approximately 200 Native people were ...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select group of U.S. Army and civilian volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close ...
Catchment area. 4,375 sq mi (11,331 km 2) Normal elevation. 2,933 ft (894 m) The Tiber Dam is a dam on the Marias River in southern Liberty County, Montana, which forms Lake Elwell (also known as Tiber Reservoir). Construction on the dam began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. Between 1967 and 1969, a dike was added to the southern rim of the ...
Mountain Chief ( Nínaiistáko / Ninna-stako [1] in the Blackfoot language; c. 1848 – February 2, 1942) was a South Piegan warrior of the Blackfoot Tribe. [2] Mountain Chief was also called Big Brave (Omach-katsi) and adopted the name Frank Mountain Chief. [2] Mountain Chief was involved in the 1870 Marias Massacre, [3] signed the Treaty of ...
Marias Massacre: January 23, 1870 along Marias River: 218 United States of America vs Piegan: Battle of Bighorn River August 11, 1873 along Yellowstone River near modern Custer: Sioux Wars Yellowstone Expedition of 1873: 7 United States of America vs Sioux Battle of Powder River: March 17, 1876 along Powder River near modern Moorhead: Sioux Wars
Marias Massacre. Alma mater. United States Military Academy. Eugene Mortimer Baker (July 7, 1837 – December 19, 1884) was a major in the United States Army, and served as an officer in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in the Western Territories of the United States. He is most known for his role in the Marias Massacre in early 1870 and from the lack ...
It is now more common for scholars to refer to these events as massacres. This is especially so of a Colorado territorial militia’s slaughter of Cheyennes at Sand Creek (1864) and the army’s slaughter of Shoshones at Bear River (1863), Blackfeet on the Marias River (1870), and Lakotas at Wounded Knee (1890). Some scholars have begun ...