an age of rough dichotomies. One time "Indian Fighter", later "Indian Defender" known by the Sioux as "Man Who Keeps His Word" for trying to keep initial peace treaty-terms as they were written and opposing the reneging of said terms, by later officials. After that, Harney was known among the Sioux as "Woman Killer." due to his actions (known as the "Harney Massacre") at an Indian village in 1855 at Blue Water Creek, south of the Black Hills: "While engaged in a delaying parley with Chief Little Thunder" Harney's troops "circled undetected" toward the village, "where the infantry opened fire and forced the Indians toward mounted soldiers, who inflicted terrible casualties. 86 Indians were killed, 70 women and children were captured, and their tipis were looted and burned." Historic site The Maj. Gen. William S. Harney Summer Home in Sullivan, Crawford County, Missouri, is privately owned by the Harney Mansion Foundation. The Sullivan Chamber of Commerce cooperates with the foundation and can arrange visits to the home, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Places named for Harney Harney Park, Portland, Oregon Harney Channel, waterway between Orcas and Shaw Islands in the San Juan archipelago (renamed Cayou Channel in July 2022) Harney, Nevada Harney County, Oregon Harney Lake in Oregon Harney Street in Omaha, NE Harney Peak in South Dakota Later renamed Black Elk Peak, out of respect for the nature of said site being a holy area according to the Sioux. Harney Point in Cape Coral, Florida Lake Harney in central Florida Harney Sports Complex at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Harney River located in Everglades National Park See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) References Notes Bibliography Further reading . L. U. Reavis, The Life of General Harney available at archive.org "Harney, William Selby", by Thomas W. Cutrer, in the Handbook of Texas Online, uploaded June 15, 2010. Military Career of Wm. S. Harney External links Arlington National Cemetery 1800 births 1889 deaths United States Army generals Bleeding Kansas People from Sullivan, Missouri People of Missouri in the American Civil War American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Members of the Aztec Club of 1847 People of the Utah War Southern Unionists in the American Civil War