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'{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Drexel Mission Fight |partof=the [[Ghost Dance War]], [[Sioux Wars]] | image= Site of Drexel Mission Fight Pine Ridge Indian Reservation-1890.jpg | image_size = 300 |caption=The 'Bloody Pocket'; location of the Drexel Mission Fight |date=December 30, 1890 |place=[[Pine Ridge, South Dakota]] |coordinates= |result= U.S. victory |combatant1={{flag|United States|1890}} |combatant2=[[Lakota people|Lakota]] [[Sioux]]<br> [[Brulé]] [[Sioux]] |commander1={{flagicon|United States|1890}} [[James W. Forsyth]]<br>{{flagicon|United States|1890}} [[Guy V. Henry]] |commander2=[[Two Strike (Lakota leader)|Chief Two Strike]] |strength1=[[7th U.S. Cavalry]]<br>[[9th U.S. Cavalry]] |strength2= |casualties1=1 Dead: Private Dominick Franceshetti - Reported AWOL found dead later. <ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59151753/dominick-franceshett</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=qgUFkAEACAAJ&dq=Franschettie+was+missed+upon+the+return+of+the+cavalry+that+day.++No+one+had+seen+him+fall+in+the+fight,+but+he+was+at+once+given+up+for+lost&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6jt23puPgAhUSQq0KHW4tAhIQ6AEIMDAB</ref><ref>https://www.bing.com/search?q=Private+Dominick+Franceschetti&form=EDGNB2&mkt=en-us&httpsmsn=1&refig=e1e05e11dfed4885909170c68b57861a</ref> 7 Wounded: 1 officer & 6 enlisted men Commissioned Officers 1st Lieut. James D. Mann, 7 Cav., Tp K Enlisted Men Private Marrion C. Hillock, Troop B, 7 Cav. Private William S. Kirkpatrick, Troop B, 7 Cav. Private Peter Claussen, Troop C, 7 Cav. Private William Kern, Troop D, 7 Cav. Farrier Richard J. Nolan, Troop I, 7 Cav. 1st Sergeant Theodore Ragnor, Troop K, 7 Cav <ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59151753/dominick-franceshett</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=qgUFkAEACAAJ&dq=Franschettie+was+missed+upon+the+return+of+the+cavalry+that+day.++No+one+had+seen+him+fall+in+the+fight,+but+he+was+at+once+given+up+for+lost&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6jt23puPgAhUSQq0KHW4tAhIQ6AEIMDAB</ref><ref>https://www.bing.com/search?q=Private+Dominick+Franceschetti&form=EDGNB2&mkt=en-us&httpsmsn=1&refig=e1e05e11dfed4885909170c68b57861a</ref> |casualties2= Unknown |notes= }} {{Ghost Dance War}} The '''Drexel Mission Fight''' was an armed confrontation between [[Lakota people|Lakota]] warriors and the United States Army that took place on the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[South Dakota]] on December 30, 1890, the day after the [[Wounded Knee Massacre]]. The fight occurred on White Clay Creek approximately 15 miles north of [[Pine Ridge, South Dakota|Pine Ridge]] where Lakota were purported to have burned the Catholic Mission. Seventh Cavalry under the command of Col. [[James W. Forsyth]] with eight troops and a platoon of artillery, the same elements engaged at [[Wounded Knee Massacre|Wounded Knee]] the previous day, became engaged by [[Brulé]] Lakota from the [[Rosebud Indian Reservation]] after reconnoitering to determine if the Catholic mission had been torched. These Indians were purported to be the same [[Brulé]] Lakota under [[Two Strike (Lakota leader)|Chief Two Strike]] that had attacked the 9th Cavalry's supply train earlier that morning. The Seventh Cavalry was hotly engaged in a valley by the combined Lakota forces while trying to break contact and withdraw.<ref name="Utley">Robert M. Utley: The Last Days of the Sioux Nation. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT (1963), pages 231- 250, {{ISBN|0-300-10316-6}}.</ref> A battalion of the [[9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|Ninth Cavalry]], a [[Buffalo Soldier]] regiment under the command of [[Guy Vernor Henry|Maj. Guy V. Henry]] and nicknamed the Henry's Brunettes, responded to Forsyth's request for assistance, and the combined cavalry forces drove the Lakota from commanding positions on the heights.<ref>Jeffrey Ostler: The Plains Sioux and U.S. colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee pgs. 357-358, Cambridge University Press (2004) {{ISBN|0-521-60590-3}}</ref> In an investigation of the Drexel Mission fight, [[Nelson A. Miles|Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles]], the commanding general of the Pine Ridge Campaign, severely criticized Forsyth for allowing his command to be pinned down in a valley. He submitted his findings as a supplement to his investigation of Forsyth's conduct at Wounded Knee. [[Redfield Proctor|Secretary of War Redfield Proctor]] set aside the Drexel Mission investigation after exonerating Forsyth of any wrongdoing at Wounded Knee.<ref name="Utley"/> Three soldiers were awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for actions at White Clay Creek including to [[Charles Varnum|Captain Charles A. Varnum]], First Sergeant Theodore Ragnar, and [[Richard J. Nolan|Farrier Richard J. Nolan]]. Almost three decades later Second Lieutenant Sedgwick Rice was awarded a [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]].<ref name="Utley"/> ==See also== {{Portal|South Dakota}} * [[History of South Dakota]] * [[American Indian Wars#Great Plains|Plains Indians Wars]] * [[List of battles fought in South Dakota]] ==Notes== <references/> [[Category:Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] [[Category:Sioux Wars]] {{NorthAm-native-stub}}'