Jim Bridger | The Scout (Part 5)

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

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🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Gold was discovered in Montana in 1862, ushering in a flood of prospectors straight through the heart of Lakota territory on a new road called the Bozeman trail, further straining tensions between settlers and Natives. Jim Bridger opened up his “Bridger’s Trail”, a much safer – and popular - alternative but the powers that be were dead set on erecting forts on the Bozeman. Violence erupted across the Great Plains as the Lakota, Arapaho, and Cheyenne took to the war path, vowing to drive the whites from their land forever. These new tensions saw Bridger return to military duty once again, first guiding the Army during the Powder River campaign and again as he led Colonel Carrington to the Bighorn country and establishing Fort Phil Kearny. Jim Bridger, now in his sixties, was still riding the prairie, rifle across the saddle, and still blazing new trails. This is episode five and the last installment in this series on Jim Bridger. Links below for the previous four. In this episode we’re going to explore the Powder River Campaign, the Fetterman Massacre, Jim’s eventual retirement and death, and a quick look at the massive change that occurred during Bridger’s lifetime. Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Hundred Proof History – https://hundredproofhistory.com/ Jim Bridger Pt 1 | Ashley’s 100 - https://www.wildwestextra.com/jim-bridger-ashleys-100/ Jim Bridger Pt 2 | Bugs Boys - https://www.wildwestextra.com/jim-bridger-bugs-boys/ Jim Bridger Pt 3 | Mormons - https://www.wildwestextra.com/jim-bridger-mormons/ Jim Bridger Pt 4 | The Guide - https://www.wildwestextra.com/jim-bridger-the-guide/ Jim Bridger Trailblazer of the American West | Jerry Enzler - https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Bridger-Trailblazer-American-West/dp/080619197X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=39712IOHTJVTB&keywords=jim+bridger+jerry+enzler&qid=1675001445&s=books&sprefix=jim+bridger+jerry%2Cstripbooks%2C120&sr=1-1 Listen to Texas History Lessons for Texas History! https://www.texashistorylessons.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	In the summer of 1854, a second lieutenant John L. Grattan led a detachment of infantry into a
0:36.7	combined brule and Oglala Lakota village
0:39.6	just east of Fort Laramie. It seems a visiting Mini Conju had killed a stray cow belonging to a
0:45.8	passing wagon train, and its owner demanded justice. Okay, fine. Chief Conquering Bear offered
0:51.6	up a horse as a way of compensation, but no dice.
0:55.3	The cow's owner wanted money, and the U.S. Army wanted an arrest, something that old Conqueran
1:00.7	Bear could not do. Not only did he have no authority over a member of another band, but it would
1:05.8	have also been rude. I mean, the Minoanju in question, after all, was conquering bear's guest.
1:11.4	The entire affair was to be handled by the Indian agent, per the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, and he was due to arrive in just a few days.
1:20.1	Despite the short wait, the army decided to act.
1:23.1	That's where second Lieutenant Grattan comes into play.
1:25.8	He marched his 30 men, including a very drunk and rude French interpreter,
1:30.1	into a camp containing an estimated 1,200 warriors and tried to arrest the alleged thief.
1:36.1	You can probably guess how this turned out.
1:38.9	The resulting battle, known as the Grattan massacre, saw the lieutenant nearly a dozen of his troops
1:44.1	almost immediately
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