December 28, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek. The seventh Calvary regiment led by Major Samuel Whitside cut off Spotted Elk's tribe of Lakota. He escorted them 5 miles West to Wounded Knee Creek where they were forced to make camp. The remainder of the Calvary led by colonel James W. Forsyth surrounded the camp.
On the morning of December 29, 1890 the Calvary troops were in the process of disarming the Lakota. They tried to take a deaf elder's gun and the elder did not want to give it up because he paid a lot for it. The gun went off and the whole cavalry opened fire on the unarmed Lakota.
My great grandmother was four years old when this happened. She stood along side the hill as she watched her mother, father,brother, and sister be gunned down. While people were fleeing for their lives, her uncle swooped her up on his horse and took her 4 miles to holy Rosary Mission where she could be safe.
Bio Terri Garreaux is attending Oglala Lakota College for Business Administration. And is also a descendent of a 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre Survivor Jenny ShortBear 4 years old when this happened.