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Fort Robinson,NE - Dawes County - Token Breast Plate :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Fort Robinson,NE - Dawes County - Token Breast Plate :
Ornamental breast plate made of 26 tokens from Fort Robinson. Two five cent tokens, eighteen dimes, two quarters, and four dollars. Of the rare L.D. Carson post exchange. Connected to form a fabulous Lakota Sioux breast plate. Circa 1900-1910. Camp Robinson in Northwest Nebraska was home to 13,000 Lakotas in the 1870s. Being mixed among the military was a source of tension and created hostility. The troops at Camp Robinson played a key role in the 1876 campaign against the Powder River Sioux, who had united under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse to contest the influx of miners into the Black Hills and also construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1878, the camp was renamed Fort Robinson and played a major role in the Sioux Wars until 1890. Crazy Horse surrendered there in 1877 and later that year was fatally wounded resisting imprisonment. In 1879, Chief Morning Star (or Dull Knife) led an outbreak from the Fort. The natives were hunted down and killed. In 1885, the U.S. 9th Calvary Regiment, the famous all black "Buffalo Soldiers," were stationed at Fort Robinson.