The Pawnee War

The Pawnee War Was A Series Of Skirmishes And Confrontations Between White Settlers Nebraska Organized Militia And A Detachment Of U.S. Army Dragoons In The Early Summer Of 1859. The Nebraska Militias March Up The Elkhorn River Valley And Parlay With The Pawnee On A Windswept Hill Near The Present Site Of Battle Creek Nebraska Was Unique In The History Of The American West. It Was The Only Time A Territorial Governor Led Armed Forces Into Direct Military Confrontation With A Native American Tribe. Nebraska Territorial Governor Samuel Black Took This Dubious Honor And He Remains The Only Nebraska Governor To Command Military Forces On The Field Of Battle.