 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mukati mokutonga kwaHarrison, vaLakota Sioux, vaichimbova vakaganhurirwa kunzvimbo dzokuchengetera muSouth Dakota, vakava vasina kugadzikana pasi pesimba raWovoka, nanga, uyo akavakurudzira kutora rutivi murutsoka rwomudzimu runonzi Ghost Dance. Vazhinji muWashington havana kunzwisisa chimiro chikuru chorudzidziso cheGhost Dance, uye vakafunga kuti yakanga iri sangano rinorwisana raishandiswa kuunganidza vaNative American mukurwisana nehurumende. Chaizvoizvo, zvisinei, kwaingova bedzi navatambi vomweya vanenge 4.200, vazhinji vavo vakanga vari vakadzi, vana, uye vakwegura. Muna November wa 1890, Harrison pachake akarayira mauto kuPine Ridge kuti adzivise hosha ipi neipi ingakuvadza upenyu nemisha yevagari vomunyika dziri pedyo. Kusvika kwemauto kwakawedzera kusawirirana kumativi ose ari maviri, uye vagari vemo vakanzwa vachityisidzirwa. Musi waDecember 29, 1890, mauto eSeventh Cavalry akasangana nemaSioux paWounded Knee. Mugumisiro wacho wakanga uri kuurawa kwevaSioux vanosvika 146, kubatanidza vakadzi vazhinji navana; vaSioux vakafa vakavigwa muguva guru. Mukupindura, Harrison akarayira Major General Nelson A. Miles kuti aongorore uye akarayira kuti mauto ehurumende 3500 aende kuSouth Dakota; kupandukira kwakaguma. Gare gare, Harrison aizokudza 7th Cavalry, uye varwi 20 vakagamuchira menduru nokuda kwebasa ravo mukuuraya. Wounded Knee inorangarirwa sehondo huru yokupedzisira yavaIndia vokuAmerica muzana ramakore rechi19. Nheyo yaHarrison yavose pamusoro pavaIndia vokuAmerica yakanga iri yokukurudzira kubatanidzwa munzanga yevachena uye, pasinei nokupondwa kwavakaitwa, aidavira kuti nhevedzano yacho yakanga yabudirira. Mutemo uyu, unozivikanwa sehurongwa hwokugoverwa uye wakabatanidzwa muDawes Act, wakanga uchidiwa navagadziri vezvakanaka panguva iyoyo, asi pakupedzisira wakabvumikisa kuva unokuvadza kuvaIndia veAmerica sezvo vakatengesa yakawanda yenyika yavo pamitengo yakaderera kuvanyengeri vachena. 