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The Battle of the Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre[4]) occurred on November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer 's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle 's Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (the present-day Washita Battlefield National Historic Site near Cheyenne, Oklahoma).
The Washita River (/ ˈwɑːʃɪtɑː /) is a river in the states of Texas and Oklahoma in the United States. The river is 295 miles (475 km) long and terminates at its confluence with the Red River, which is now part of Lake Texoma (33°55′N 96°35′W) on the Texas–Oklahoma border.
Washita River, river rising in the Texas Panhandle, northwestern Texas, U.S. It flows east across the Oklahoma boundary, then southeast to south-central Oklahoma, and south into Lake Texoma, formed by Denison Dam in the Red River, downstream from the former mouth of the Washita at Woodville, Oklahoma.
On November 27, 1868, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th US Cavalry on a surprise dawn attack on a Cheyenne village led by Peace Chief Black Kettle. The event was an example of the tragic clash of cultures that occurred during the Great Plains Wars.
Today, the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site protects and interprets the setting along the Washita River where Lt. Colonel George A. Custer led the 7th U.S. Cavalry on a surprise dawn attack against the Southern Cheyenne village of Peace Chief Black Kettle on November 27, 1868.
The Washita River is a turbid river that enters western Oklahoma in Roger Mills County and flows to the east cutting through Custer, Washita, Caddo, Grady, Garvin, Murray, Carter and Johnston Counties.
The accuracy of Custer's account of the 1868 Battle of Washita River was challenged as early as January 1869 and still is today. Aspects of the account are considered accurate, however. What prompted Custer to attack Black Kettle's village?
The Battle of the Washita River was the slaughter of a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho on 27 November 1868 by the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer. It is also known as the Washita Massacre.
Hailed as the first substantial American victory in the Indian wars, the Battle of the Washita helped to restore Custer’s reputation and succeeded in persuading many Cheyenne to move to the ...
The Washita River has long provided the sustaining water for plants, animals, and people in this region. Starting in Texas, the Washita runs for over 580 miles through Oklahoma to the Red River in south central Oklahoma.