Holding stone hands
Subtitle: on the trail of the Cheyenne exodus
By: Alan Boye.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Dull Knife, ca. 1828-1879 or 1883; Little Wolf, d. 1904; Cheyenne Indians -- History -- 19th century; Cheyenne Indians -- Relocation; Cheyenne Indians -- Government relations
Description: "In 1878 approximately three hundred Northern Cheyennes under the leadership of Dull Knife and Little Wolf fled shameful conditions on an Indian Territory reservation in present-day Oklahoma. Settled there against their will, they were making a peaceful attempt to return to their homeland in the Tongue River country. Despite earlier promises that the Cheyennes could choose to leave the reservation, government officials declared them renegades and sent thousands of soldiers in pursuit."--BOOK JACKET.

"In 1995 Alan Boye set out on foot to follow Dull Knife's thousand-mile flight through the sparsely populated wilderness of America's high plains. Along the way he was joined by descendants of Dull Knife. Holding Stone Hands is the tale of two journeys. Boye provides a vivid, moving account of the Cheyennes' struggle to return to Montana.

At the same time, he details the trek he and his Cheyenne companions made through four states and his growing understanding of why the Cheyennes' longing for their homeland was stronger than their desire to live."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-347).