ウエストコーストチョッパーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ウエストコーストチョッパーズInstagram)「Disarm. On the morning of December 29, 1890. 7th Cavalry Cavalry Commander James Forsyth demanded that the Lakota tribe surrender their firearms. As rifles were being turned over without issue. Some of the Sioux men started a Ghost Dance and began throwing dirt into the air, as was customary to the dance. Tensions among the soldiers increased. A few moments later, a Sioux man named Black Coyote refused to give up his rifle. It’s been reported that the Indian was deaf, had recently purchased the rifle, and was most likely unaware of why the soldier was demanding it. Regardless, the two began to skuffle and the gun discharged. The 7th Cavalry, opened fire on the Lakota. Along with weapons seized from the Lakota, they also used four Hotchkiss revolving barrel machine guns devastating the entire tribe, which had just peacefully handed over their weapons. The Sioux men, women, and children scattered, and the Cavalry pursued them. Dead bodies were later found three miles from camp. Once the firing ended, some two hours later, an estimated 300 Native Americans lay dead in the snow, at least half of them women and children. Those that didn’t die immediately froze to death during the oncoming blizzard. Nearly a week later, on January 3, 1891, the Cavalry escorted a burial party to the banks of the Wounded Knee River and they buried 146 Lakota Indians in a single mass grave. Other bodies were found in the surrounding areas, and the estimated body count is between 250 and 300 Sioux.」4月1日 7時56分