Title: Custer, Black Kettle, and the fight on the Washita
Description: Using Cheyenne and Arapaho accounts, Charles Brill tells the story of General George Armstrong Custer's winter campaign on the southern plains in 1868-69, including his attack on Black Kettle's village on the banks of the Washita River. Brill provides the Indian point of view as he follows Custer into a battle that remains controversial to the present day.
Subjects: Washita Campaign, 1868-1869, Custer, george a. (george armstrong), 1839-1876, Indians of north america, wars, 1866-1895
People: Black Kettle Cheyenne chief (d. 1868), George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876)