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Wild West July 3, 2004 Nancy M. Peterson	Interpreter Philip Wells: Wounded at Wounded Knee The son of a white father and a half-blood mother, Wells nearly lost his nose in the tragic 1890 affair but still managed to be merciful.
Wild West July 3, 2004 Sierra Adare	Fort Laramie: Gateway to the Far West The fort, which became a military post 150 years ago, protected and supplied emigrants headed to the West Coast and was the site of several historic peace conferences between the northern tribes and the U.S. government.
Wild West July 3, 2004 Jeff Broome	Death at Summit Springs: Susanna Alderdice and the Cheyennes In May 1869, Tall Bull's Cheyenne Dog Soldiers carried out a series of brutal raids in north-central Kansas, and though the white soldiers later caught up with them, vengeance could not make everything right.
Wild West July 3, 2004 G. Sam Carr	Sioux Chief's Ghost Dance Revival Two years after Wounded Knee, Chief Two Sticks was Ghost Dancing and more.
Wild West July 3, 2004 George Gardiner	Shootout in the Bella Union Hotel Two King Brothers shot it out with rancher Robert Carlisle in a Los Angeles hotel.
Wild West July 3, 2004 Tanner & Tanner Jr.	Murder and Scandal in New Mexico: The Case of Ada Hulmes The female piano player at Silver City's Monarch saloon shot down the fire chief who jilted her, sparking a colorful trial and a controversial stint in the territorial prison.
Wild West July 3, 2004 J. Jay Myers	Tecumseh, Red Cloud and Sitting Bull: Three Great Indian Leaders Diplomacy, courage and charisma were among the attributes of this trio of great Indian leaders.
Outside July 2004 Brad Wetzler	Found At Sea Antoine de Saint-Exupery's plane wreckage answers a 60-year-old riddle. Or does it?
ONLINE Jul/Aug 2004 Lam & Friesen	A Web-Based Database of CIA Declassified Documents on the Vietnam War During the Vietnam War years, the U.S. government generated a large volume of classified documents. The Declassified CIA Documents on the Vietnam War database is the result of a sabbatical leave research project approved and supported by the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
America's Civil War June 30, 2004 Roy Morris, Jr.	Last Stand in the Shenandoah With his once-formidable army reduced to a mere shadow of its former self, Confederate General Jubal Early pulled up at Waynesboro to face his old nemesis, Phil Sheridan, for the last time.
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