The fighting Cheyennes /

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Author / Creator:Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938, author.
Imprint:New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915.
©1915
Description:1 online resource (viii pages, 1 leaf, 431 pages) : maps
Language:English
Series:HeinOnline American Indian law collection
HeinOnline. American Indian law collection.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11138610
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ISBN:9781582183893
1582183899
Notes:Index, pages 419-431.
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Summary:Grinnel lived among the Cheyenne in the latter part of the 19th century. He was a deeply sympathetic observer of Indian life & culture. In this volume Grinnell gathered both Cheyenne & White accounts of the many battles between the two. He carefully explored Cheyenne culture & the way the Cheyenne to the threats on an alien society.
Other form:Print version: Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. Fighting Cheyennes. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1915
Table of Contents:
  • The Cheyennes
  • The ways of warriors
  • A Crow battle
  • Wars with the Kiowas and Comanches
  • The battle on Wolf Creek, 1838
  • The peace with the Kiowas, 1840
  • War with the Pawnees
  • When the Potawatomi helped the Kit ka hah ki, 1853
  • Before wars broke out
  • The Sumner Campaign, 1857
  • Gold in Colorado, 1858-1863
  • Harrying the Indians, 1864
  • Before Sand Creek, 1864
  • The Sand Creek Massacre, 1864
  • Raiding along the Platte, 1865
  • The Powder River Expedition, 1865
  • Platte Bridge Fight, 1865
  • Fort Phil Kearny, 1866
  • Hancock Campaign, 1867
  • Medicine Lodge Treaty, 1867
  • Beecher Island Fight, 1868 ; The Carpenter Fight
  • The Battle of the Washita, 1868
  • Battle of Summit Springs, 1869
  • Fight at Adobe Walls, 1874
  • Crook's fight on the Rosebud, 1876
  • The Custer battle, 1876
  • Capture of Dull Knife's village, 1876
  • Surrender of Two Moon's band and Lame Deer Fight, 1877
  • Little Wolf and Dull Knife, 1876-1879
  • The Fort Robinson outbreak, 1879
  • Scouting for the soldiers, 1878-1890.