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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).
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site protects and interprets the site of the Southern Cheyenne village of Chief Black Kettle where the Battle of Washita occurred. The site is located about 150 miles (241 km) west of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, near Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Just before dawn on November 27, 1868, the village was attacked by the 7th ...
Cheyenne Chiefs Lawrence Hart, left, and Alfred Heap-a-Birds, conduct the Massacre Memorial Day ceremony to honor Indians killed at the Massacre of the Washita, Saturday, Nov. 25, 1995 at Coyote ...
1847. Died. 1868 (aged 20–21) Nationality. American. Clara Blinn (1847 – 1868) was an American settler who, with her two-year-old son Willie, was captured by Native Americans in October 1868 in Colorado Territory during an attack on the wagon train in which she and her family were traveling. She and her little boy were killed on or about ...
The Washita River near Pauls Valley, 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.
Second Battle of Cabin Creek: September 19, 1864 near modern Pensacola: American Civil War Operations to Control Indian Territory (1864) 29 Confederate States of America vs. Union [29] Battle of Washita River [30] November 27, 1868 near modern Cheyenne: Plains Indian Wars Comanche Campaign: 171+ United States of America vs Cheyenne Battle of ...
Cheyenne is the location of the Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita; Washita Battlefield; Washita Massacre), where George Armstrong Custer 's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked the sleeping Cheyenne village of Black Kettle on the Washita River on November 26, 1868. Cheyenne has been a county seat since 1895.
On November 27, the 7th surrounded a Cheyenne encampment at the river. Just before dawn, Custer launched a four-pronged assault on the village, known as the Battle of Washita River. As captain of H Troop, Benteen led a squadron of Major Joel Elliott's command during the attack. His horse was shot from under him by a son of Cheyenne Chief Black ...