Dull Knife. (A Cheyenne Napoleon). The Story Of A Wronged And Outraged Indian Tribe, And The Most Masterful And Stubborn Resistance In The History Of The American Indian

E. A BRININSTOOL

Publication: Privately published by E A Brininstool, 1935, Hollywood

First edition. 8vo. Limited to 250 copies printed for the author at his expense, each copy autographed. This copy is additionally inscribed to "To my friend Jack Schaefer with my compliments. E. A. Brininstool, June 25/53." Jack Shaefer was the author of such western classics as "Shane," "Monte Walsh" and many others.

Original red printed wrappers, 31 pp., acknowledgment. The tragic story of the Dull Knife outbreak and subsequent flight of the Cheyennes and their final disposition. Retaliatory campaigns began after the defeat of Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie and troops from 11 companies marched to old Fort Reno on the Powder River, looking for Crazy Horse and the rest of the hostile Indians. Soon, scouts informed him that a large Cheyenne camp was situated along canyon on the Red Fork of the Powder. There were 200 lodges under Chiefs Dull Knife and Little Wolf, with 400 warriors. The Cheyenne warriors were having a celebration because of a recent victory over the Shoshone Indians. Mackenzie waited until dawn on November 25, 1876, when he and 1,100 horsemen surprised the camp, driving many of the warriors from the village without clothes, blankets and buffalo robes, fleeing into the frozen countryside. The Indian village and all its contents were entirely destroyed. The soldiers took more than 600 horses and burned all the lodges, leaving the Cheyenne to face the long winter without food and shelter. The battle ended Cheyenne resistance for all practical purposes. A fine copy.