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Washita Memories: Eyewitness View of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village

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Washita Memories: Eyewitness View of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village - Hardorff, Richard G
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The Battle of the Washita is one of the most tragic--and disturbing--events in American history. On November 27, 1868, the U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer attacked a peaceful Southern Cheyenne village along the Washita River in present-day western Oklahoma. This U.S. victory signaled the end of the Cheyennes' traditional way of life and resulted in the death of Black Kettle, their most prominent peace chief. In this documentary history, Richard G. Hardorff presents a broad range of views of the Washita ...

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Washita Memories: Eyewitness View of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village 2006, University of Oklahoma Press

ISBN-13: 9780806137599

Hardcover