Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek : the last fight of the Red River War
William Y. Chalfant (Author), Peter J. Powell, Mont David Williams (Illustrator)
Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek tells the tragic story of the southern bands of Cheyennes from the period following the Treaty of Medicine Lodge through the battles and skirmishes known as the Red River War. The Battle of Sappa Creek, the last encounter of that conflict, was a fight between a band of Cheyennes and a company of the Sixth Cavalry that took place in Kansas in April 1875
History
xix, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
9780806128757, 9780806128627, 0806128755, 0806128623
35770925
War returns
The end of freedom
The reservation
The war to save the buffalo
Escape
The flight for freedom
Pursuit
Discovery
Attack
The fight
Aftermath
Massacre?