June Freemen
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Federal agents moved the three armored trucks to within two miles of the Freemen compound, but made no comment on the change in position.
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The FBI cut the power to the Freemen's ranch.
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Agents were seen leaving a note at the compound. A second helicopter was added to the surveillance position.

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Courtenay Joy Christiensen, 10, and her sister Jaylynn Mangum Ward, 8, were driven away from the Freemen compound in an FBI vehicle along with their mother, Gloria Ward, and her common law husband, Elwin Ward.
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Ward


Two Freemen held brief negotiations with two FBI agents Friday, one day after four members of the anti-government group left the besieged ranch.
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Negotiations between the FBI and two holed-up Freemen have resumed. Two FBI agents drove onto the Freemen property and began meeting with two Freemen in a tent at about 3 p.m. EDT Saturday.
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A letter signed by three jailed Freemen leaders warns Montana state legislators of possible liens against their property if lawmakers do not convene a grand jury inquiry into the federal government's actions at the Freemen compound in Brusett, Montana.
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day 78

Three lawyers representing some families of victims of the 1993 Branch Davidian fire in Waco, Texas, met with members of the Freemen.
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day 79

A key Freemen member was flown to Billings Tuesday to confer with a jailed leader of the anti-government group about possible terms of surrender and returned to the ranch some five hours later.
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Clark at Billings airport


day 80

FBI agents met Wednesday with Freemen outside the ranch where they have been holed up for 80 days -- and the last child staying with the anti-government group left with the FBI.
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The youngest person remaining on the compound was allowed to leave with the FBI.
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day 81

The last 16 members of the anti-government Freemen group surrendered at a remote Montana ranch, ending the longest federal siege in modern U.S. history.
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Freemen Leave


day 82

Members of the Freemen anti-government group were defiant and uncooperative when arraigned before a federal judge in Billings.
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In Washington, federal officials breathed a sigh of relief Thursday at the peaceful ending to the standoff in Montana, with President Clinton perhaps breathing the easiest as he expressed his satisfaction during a state dinner for the president of Ireland.
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day 83

With all the Freemen accused of criminal activity now behind bars, life in Brusett and nearby Jordan is returning to normal.
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dancing in Jordan


day 86

During a boisterous hearing in federal court Tuesday, 13 Freemen were denied bail and ordered to remain in jail while they await trial.
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