"The Battle of the Washita." From "My Life on the Plains" by Gen. George A. Custer (1874)
The Battle of Washita occurred on November 27, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th US Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (near present day Cheyenne, Oklahoma), part of a major winter encampment of numerous Native American tribal bands. The battle (or massacre) on the Washita River was the 7th Cavalry’s response to Indian war party raids on white settlers in western Kansas, southeast Colorado, and northwest Texas.
"The Battle of the Washita." From "My Life on the Plains" by Gen. George A. Custer (1874)
The Battle of Washita occurred on November 27, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th US Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (near present day Cheyenne, Oklahoma), part of a major winter encampment of numerous Native American tribal bands. The battle (or massacre) on the Washita River was the 7th Cavalry’s response to Indian war party raids on white settlers in western Kansas, southeast Colorado, and northwest Texas.