Massacre at Cheyenne Hole
Subtitle: Lieutenant Austin Henley and the Sappa Creek Controversy
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: June 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780870815270
Subjects: American history; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; Land forces & warfare; Local history; Sappa Creek, Battle of, Kan., 1875; History: American; Cavalry; Native Americans - Plains; United States - State & Local - General; History; History - General History; Sappa Creek, Battle of, Kan.,; USA; Military - United States; Native American; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); Government relations; Wars; Cheyenne Indians; Henely, Austin
Description: "On the morning of April 23, 1875, H Company, 6th U.S. Cavalry attacked and destroyed a Cheyenne camp located on the middle fork of Sappa Creek, a tributary of the Republican River in what is today Rawlins County, Kansas. The ensuing engagement was the last important military action of the Red River War and the last fought on the central plains between the U.S. Army and an independent band of Indians composed principally of Southern Cheyennes."--BOOK JACKET.

"In Massacre at Cheyenne Hole, John H. Monnett sifts through the various interpretations of the event over the years and places them into proper historical perspective."--BOOK JACKET. "Avoiding the current approach of separating the participants into clear camps of victims and victimizers, Monnett instead uses the Sappa Creek battle as a case study to understand how Americans since 1875 have perceived the Indian wars in general within the larger cultural construct."--BOOK JACKET.