Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek The Last Fight of the Red River War

"Cheyennes At Dark Water Creek: The Last Fight Of The Red River War" tells the tragic story of the southern bands of Cheyennes from the period following the Treaty of Medicine Lodge through the battles and skirmishes known as the Red River War. The Battle of Sappa Creek (the last encounter of that conflict) was a fight between a band of Cheyennes and a company of the Sixth Cavalry that took place in Kansas in April 1875. More Cheyennes were killed in that single engagement than in all the previous fighting of the war combined, and later there were controversial charges of massacre -- and worse. William Chalfant has used all known contemporaneous sources to recount the tragedy that occurred at the place known to the Cheyennes as Dark Water Creek. In Cheyenne memories, its name remains second only to Sand Creek in the terrible images and the sorrow it evokes. "Cheyennes At Dark Water Creek" tells the story in a sweeping style that faithfully and accurately recreates Cheyenne life and death on the southern plains. Highly recommended.Chalfont, William Y. is the author of 'Cheyennes at Dark Water Creek The Last Fight of the Red River War' with ISBN 9780806128757 and ISBN 0806128755.