Bibliograph

Cheyenne wars, the dramatic saga of the greatest of all Native American tribes, Joseph J. Millard

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Cheyenne wars, the dramatic saga of the greatest of all Native American tribes, Joseph J. Millard

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cheyenne wars

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Joseph J. Millard

Sub title

the dramatic saga of the greatest of all Native American tribes

Summary

For decades the Cheyennes endured abuses from the white settlers without spilling a single drop of white blood in well-merited reprisal. Finally goaded beyond human endurance, they turned on their tormentors with pent-up ferocity. They fought with desperate courage, but also with a high sense of honor, and gave the U.S. Army some of its bloodiest trouncings. Hungry, homeless, and driven, the Cheyennes repeatedly defeated overwhelming forces of well-equipped troops to win the accolade: "The finest natural cavalry on Earth." Here is the story of a mighty people who had war forced upon them, and who reluctantly made themselves the scourge of the Plains, weaving a crimson thread into the tapestry of Western history

Target audience

adult

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