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The Battle of Warbonnet Creek was a skirmish characterized by a duel between "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a young Cheyenne warrior named Heova'ehe or Yellow Hair (often incorrectly translated as "Yellow Hand"). [1] The engagement is often referred to as the First Scalp for Custer. It occurred July 17, 1876, in Sioux County in northwestern Nebraska.
Massacre Canyon is the large canyon about half a mile west of here. The battle took place in and along this canyon when a Pawnee hunting party of about 700, confident of protection from the government, were surprised by a War Party of Sioux.
Battle of Warbonnet Creek; Washita Battlefield National Historic Site; Battle of the Washita River; Battle of Wolf Mountain This page was last edited on 21 March ...
During the Battle of Warbonnet Creek on July 17, 1876, Buffalo Bill Cody shot, killed, and scalped a Cheyenne warrior near the townsite-to-be, which he later often celebrated during his Wild West shows in a reenactment he entitled "The Red Right Hand, or, Buffalo Bill's First Scalp for Custer".
The Warbonnet Battlefield Monument, commemorating the 1876 Battle of Warbonnet Creek, is located on Oglala National Grassland on Montrose Road. [5] The grassland also contains the Agate, Bordgate, and Rock Bass reservoirs.
In order for his war-bonnet to protect him, there were certain rules and rituals he had to obey. [13] Some of these rules included never shaking hands with anyone, and never eating food that had been prepared or served using metal. [13] Hook Nose had complete faith in his war-bonnet, and believed that it had always protected him in battle. [13]
The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry [5] under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a ...
Battle of Ash Hollow [3] September 3, 1855 near modern Lewellen, Nebraska: First Sioux War: 113 Brulé vs United States of America Battle Creek [4] July 12, 1859 near modern Battle Creek, Nebraska: Pawnee War of 1859 0 United States of America vs Pawnee: Little Blue River Raid [5] August 7–9, 1864 Little Blue River [6] Cheyenne War of 1864 38