THE Living Memory OF Blue Water

HOW recovering the history OF A LITTLEKNOWN ATROCITY IS forging a path TOWARD RECONCILIATION To reach the place known as Mni Tho Wakpala , the Blue Water, you drive west from the Nebraska hamlet of Lewellen, turning from Highway 26 onto a gravel road and turning again through a gate that leads to fenced pastureland. To lead it, Davis turned to Harney, an old friend who had experience fighting Native Americans in Florida and Wisconsin. In a White House meeting, Pierce gave Harney, a barrel-chested man with a long white beard, simple orders. Before sunrise the next morning, the general ordered a detachment of cavalry to skirt the village and take up a position to the north.