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Washita:
The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes,

1867-1869

Author: Jerome A. Greene

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press 2008

From our Purveyor of Books:
Several years ago we attended a conference of Little Bighorn scholars, writers, film makers, and descendants of Native Americans who had fought there. The focus of the conference was to determine how this event would be interpreted for future generations. One of the major attractions for us, as attendees, was the opportunity to walk the battlefield with those that knew the terrain and its history well. Jerome Greene was our guide, on a hot day in August, not much different than the day of the battle.

To prepare for this conference, I read dozens of books and attended other lectures. Nothing prepared me for the emotions that swept over me that day. He brought the stories of the participants and the landscape together for us that day. A day I'll never forget.

From the Publisher:

An evenhanded account of a tragic clash of cultures

“The best book about this episode of the plains wars.”—Western Historical Quarterly

On November 27, 1868, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer attacked a Southern Cheyenne village along the Washita River in present-day western Oklahoma. The subsequent U.S. victory signaled the end of the Cheyennes’ traditional way of life and resulted in the death of Black Kettle, their most prominent peace chief.

In this remarkably balanced history, Jerome A. Greene describes the causes, conduct, and consequences of the event even as he addresses the multiple controversies surrounding the conflict. As Greene explains, the engagement brought both praise and condemnation for Custer and carried long-range implications for his stunning defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn eight years later.

About the Author:
Jerome A. Greene is retired as Research Historian for the National Park Service. His other books include Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876–1877: The Military View; Lakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876–1877; and Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press.