Illustration: "The Seventh U.S. Cavalry charging into Black Kettle's village at daylight, November 27, 1868," from Harper's Weekly, 19 December 1868. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

On This Day: Custer Destroyed Black Kettle’s Cheyenne Camp on the Washita

By Tony Pettinato on November 27, 2018

An article about the Battle of the Washita on 27 November 1868, when George Custer destroyed Black Kettle’s peaceful Cheyenne camp... (Read More)

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