Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, A Ledgerbook History Of Coups And Combat

AFTON, JEAN; DAVID FRIDTJOF, and ANDREW E. MASICH

Publication: Colorado Historical Society and the University Press of Colorado, 1997, Denver

First Edition. Boards. 400pp. Illustrated with 140 Color Plates depicting various ledger book drawings, and numerous other illustrations, many from old photographs. An amazing record and a beautiful presentation of the "history of our people - the Cheyennes - during the troubled times following the massacre of Black Kettle's village at Sand Creek, Colorado, November 29, 1864." "Since the Battle of Summit Springs on July 11, 1869, a ledger book of over one hundred color drawings lay neglected in the archives of the Colorado Historical Society for nearly a century. The authors, working in close association with the Cheyenne nation, have produced an unprecedented look at the Dog Soldiers based on this ledger book. They have painstakingly matched drawings with known events, such as the 1865 sack of Julesburg, Colorado, and the 1865 battles of Rush Creek, Platte River Bridge, and Tongue River in the Dakota and Montana territories. Also identified are such noted Dog Soldiers as Tall Bull, Big Crow, Whirlwind, and Wolf with Plenty of Hair. As new in dust jacket.