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• History of the Fort

• Non-Native Migration

• Military background, including cavalry, infantry and companies that were here

• Details of uniforms and equipment, including guns and saddles

• Day in the life of infantry, cavalrymen and horses.

• What life was like in the barracks

• Personal hygiene

• Financial compensation

• Gold mines desertion effect

• Diet, disease, and medical treatment

• Soldier’s duties

• Punishment including simple infractions

• Forms of entertainment

NATIVES:

• The Plains Tribal life ways broadly, and value of terrain to traditional lifestyles

• Symbolism of clothing and weapon decorations

• Some commonly told Native origin stories and legends

• Value of dreams and interpretations

• Battle tactics

• Warrior weapon history and including how to make a warrior shield, and bow and arrows

• Value of horses to traditional Plains Tribes lifeways

• Broadly accepted information on Plains Tribes warrior culture

BATTLES:

• December 6th

• Fetterman

• Wagon Box                                    

 

 

FOR MORE INFO please call 307-684-7629   or email misty.stoll@wyo.gov