num_pages: 32
description: Freed slaves who headed West to start careers in the army after the Civil War were nicknamed "buffalo soldiers" by the Cheyenne Indians because of their hair and their displays of strength. A buffalo soldier's account of the bravery and courage of the Tenth Calvary during the Indian wars and the Spanish-American War.
language: English
title: The Buffalo Soldier
titlecomplete: The Buffalo Soldier
genres: Picture Books, Historical, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Pelican Publishing