Event
Attack on the Washita River camp
Attack of 27 November 1868 by Custer’s 7th Cavalry on a Cheyenne camp in Indian Territory.
- Dates
- 27 Nov 1868
Connections 2
involved
- Black Kettle killed, with his wife Primary record 1
- 7th Cavalry Regiment attacked the camp under Lt. Col. Custer Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 27 Nov 1868 Attack on the Washita River camp
Proof 1 source
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Timeline, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, National Park Service.
Primary record
Chief Black Kettle and his wife Medicine Woman Later, both survivors of the Sand Creek Massacre, are killed along with over 50 Cheyenne people.
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7 th Cavalry attack a Cheyenne camp at the Washita River in Indian Territory.
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