In Dull Knife's Wake: The True Story of the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878
- ISBN-10
- 0972221719
- ISBN-13
- 9780972221719
- Category
- Cheyenne Indians
- Pages
- 217
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Horse Creek Pub
- Author
- Vernon R. Maddux
Description
In 1877, after the defeat of Custer at Little Bighorn, the U.S. Government removed the Northern Cheyenne from their traditional homelands to a reservation in Indian Territory(Oklahoma.) This is the story surrounding the breakout of the Northern Cheyenne from Darlington Reservation in 1878 and their bloody but futile attempt to return to their homeland in Montana.
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