On June 3, 1868, some 400 Cheyenne Indians flooded Council Grove armed and painted for war. When the Indians reached the west end of the town, they divided their forces, one-half following along Elm
The last Indian battle in Kansas occurred after Chief Dull Knife and Little Wolf of the Northern Cheyenne decided to lead their people from their reservation near Fort El Reno, Oklahoma back to their
The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created by the United States in 1889 by breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation, following its victory over the Lakota in a series of wars in the
The Battle of Summit Springs, fought on July 11, 1869 near Sterling, Colorado, broke for all time the power of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers on the central Plains. The battle, in response to a series of
The cultural collision between pioneers and Indians reached its peak on the Great Plains during the decades before and after the Civil War. U.S. Government policy sought to separate tribes and
On the morning of June 17, 1876, Brigadier General George Crook, his 1,050 soldiers and 260 Crow and Shoshone scouts were attacked by a nearly equal combined force of Sioux and Cheyenne along Rosebud
The opening battle of the Black Hills War, between the U.S. Army and the Sioux and Cheyenne, the skirmish occurred in March, 1876 when Brigadier Genernal George Crook advanced north from Fort
Fought on August 1, 1867, three miles from Fort C.F. Smith, Montana, Territory, the battle pitted a determined stand of 31 soldiers and civilians against more than 700 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors.