Massacre at Cheyenne Hole Lieutenant Austin Henely and the Sappa Creek controversy

Massacre at Cheyenne Hole Lieutenant Austin Henely and the Sappa Creek controversy / John H. Monnett.

"On the morning of April 23, 1875, H Company, 6th U.S. Cavalry attacked and destroyed a Cheyenne camp located on the middle fork of Sappa Creek, a tributary of the Republican River in what is today Rawlins County, Kansas. The ensuing engagement was the last important military action of the Red...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monnett, John H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 1999.
Series:Ebsco e-book purchased.
Subjects:
Henely, Austin.
United States. > Army. > Cavalry, 6th > History.
Sappa Creek, Battle of, Kan., 1875.
Cheyenne Indians > Wars.
Cheyenne Indians > Government relations.
Massacres > Kansas > Rawlins County > History > 19th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Background: The Buffalo War
  • II. Prelude: Adobe Walls and After
  • III. The Promised Land
  • IV. Austin Henely
  • V. The Battle of Sappa Creek
  • VI. The Sappa Creek Massacre: Commentary and Conclusions
  • VII. Epilogue
  • Appendix: Henely's Official Report of the Battle of Sappa Creek.

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