On This Day | Berthold Reservation History
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Chief Red Cow was the first chief of the Mandans. He was born near Fort Clark, near Washburn, in the year 1820, 107 years ago. He was chief of a tribe that numbered some 3,000 braves, which together made a powerful nation. This chief died in 1892.
— March 17, 1921 | The Ward County Independent
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