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"Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sun., June 6, 2004
"Focus (magazine type insert) pg. 5
""Fetterman Massacre" remains a mystery.
By Michael Hasch
photo caption "The original Fort Kearny in NE Wyoming...now a state historical
landmark.
..In May 1866, the Army ordered Col. Henry Beebe Carrington to rebuild an existing fort
along the Bozeman Trail & to build two others. One of those was Fort Phil Kearny,
located a few miles off what is now Interstate 90.
Practically from the beginning, under virtual seige from Red Cloud's warriors, those
at the fort were barely able to protect themselves & their civilian contractors, let
alone the emigrants along the trail." McWilliams writes on the Internet Web site of
the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association. "Practically every wagon train was
attacked.""