Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)

On November 27, 1868, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer attacked a Southern Cheyenne village along the Washita River in present-day western Oklahoma. The subsequent 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 remarkably balanced history, Jerome A. Greene describes the causes, conduct, and consequences of the event even as he addresses the multiple controversies surrounding the conflict. As Greene explains, the engagement brought both praise and condemnation for Custer and carried long-range implications for his stunning defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn eight years later.

• Washita Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village
• Black Kettle : The Cheyenne Chief Who Sought Peace but Found War
• The Fetterman Massacre
• Powder River: Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War
• The Strategy of Defeat at the Little Big Horn: A Military and Timing Analysis of the Battle
• Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat
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• Rosebud, June 17, 1876: Prelude to the Little Big Horn
• The Sand Creek Massacre: The History and Legacy of One of the Indian Wars' Most Notorious Events
• The Three Battles of Sand Creek: In Blood, in Court, and as the End of History