The Battle of the Big Hole (Site Name Keyword)
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What Price Victory: Human Remains Uncovered at Big Hole National Battlefield, 1991 (Restricted) (1992)
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During the August, 1991, metal detector inventory of Big Hole National Battlefield, a partial human skeleton was uncovered. The remains are those of an unidentified girl in her late teens. The skeleton was on top of a camas oven, which is consistent with historical accounts of the disposal of some of the bodies from the battle. The body showed evidence of extensive post-mortem mutilation. The arms had been cut off and laid below the pelvis, one leg had been detached and was not with the remains,...