About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Cheyenne people, Lame Deer, Montana, Battle of Washita River, Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer, Sand Creek massacre, Great Sioux War of 1876, Medicine Lodge Treaty, Native American tribes in Nebraska, David Pendleton Oakerhater, Northern Cheyenne Exodus, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation, Dog Soldiers, Black Kettle, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Great Race, George Bent, Suzan Shown Harjo, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cheyenne language, Mo-nah-se-tah, Little Wolf, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Treaty of Fort Wise, Harvey Pratt, Bear Butte, Red River War, W. Richard West, Sr., Roman Nose, Morning Star, Council of Forty-four, Cheyenne military societies, Jimmy Carl Black, Howling Wolf, Edgar Heap of Birds, Chris Eyre, Chief Dull Knife College, Little Rock, W. Richard West, Jr., Little Shield, Grey Beard, Third Colorado Cavalry, Mochi, Edmund Guerrier, Medicine Arrows, Red Cloud Agency, Lean Bear, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Joseph Fire Crow, John Woodenlegs, Minnie Devereaux, Lame White Man, Wolf Robe, Archie Blackowl, Two Moons, Cheyenne War, Eugene Little Coyote, Little Man, The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways, Yvonne Kauger, Brick stitch, Henry Roman Nose, Ehyophsta, White Buffalo, Tall Bull, Avonaco. Excerpt: The Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle's Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (near present day Cheyenne, Oklahoma), part of a major winter encampment of numerous bands. After they signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty, the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho were required to remove south from present-day Kansas and Colorado to a new reservation in Indian Territory (modern Oklahoma). This forced them to give up their traditional territor...
