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,;~ntual defeat to ,- ;thQ loss of thesac:ced
. Medicine Arrows to the Paw
ness in 1830, These four-arrows .
~rexe thought to hays great power
for. the males in the tribe . In the,
su~~er of 1830, the Cheyei~nes ~
painted far war anc~ went out to t;he
Pawnees . The warrior,Bu1I carried .
the Arzows tied to this lance . The
aa~xows wexe though~c to be a protec=, . .
~:~.on to the ' Cheyennes, in bat tle .``
But a Pawnee grabbed the lance ar~d
pulled it out of Bull's hands. 1he-
Gi2eyennes wexe never able to recover
the Axrows .
This is the story of the heroi-c ?
men and women on their heroic
journey to their homeland in 1878 .
Most heroic of all were those chosen
as chiefs, the leaders of the ~Cheyennes
. DuI1 Knife and Little Wolf
led the desperate attempt to save
the last remnants of their tribe
?prom being anniY~ilated .
After the Custex battle'~t the
Little Bighorn that June of lE"9'6,
the allied war paycty scattered in
all directions, fearful that the
great White Fathex would seek rev2nge
on them . There were preparataors
to be made for the winter,
and -they wanted to avoid more trov~a'
l~le . Dull Knife was the : chief bf
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the'-band of N xthern Cheyennes, h~.s
band cpmpri-si g;200 lodges with X00
~rarriar~ ; D ,: al , Knife . was ' weary
from f~t~b~t~nq , acrd cat ..,a.. .Qaua~es~ ; ~e
~nfiqunced tha henceforth no member
off, ' ';his'' band would pull a trigger
in . .~attle un].~ess:, fired upon -first .
As ' lDulT Knife spoke, the s~+p:ttfQx~s
were silept, .for most of the band
F _,
rk~ad; ', deep, re . ntment toward the
whi ~es ' and were not xeady to make
-
peace :
~-~nr November
T;~er~zie appraa<
' at , xhe head* .,o
the , Ta g Horn ; ..
w;~s .'' really` . . :
Hfrse's ba-rid ; }
when' his scan
enne camps M
dieri~ x nc~a~cly .
and .x~a,,.i~um~er o
x Du~a KKn fe
~1~.3gos and f
'~sa` the only
him: ` L3ut Last
Fox _ ~ Soldier S
critically wh
waxxiori were
voyo~h 'them
a scrip dance
~f 1876, General Maced
Du11 Knife's camp
the Powder River in
untains . MacKenzie
looking for Crazy
ut altered his plans
is spoted the CheycKenzie
;had 800 sola~~,f
of . them Indaan~ .~ .
those, Cheyenne .
anted to stxike the
ee . Black Hairy Dog
one who agreed with
Burl, chief of the
ciety, inquired sarther
the Cheyenne
en or old women ; rows
o fight . That night
as held until it was
early mornings The decision was
made to stand 'nd fight .
At ' dawn MacK nzie charged. Indian
scows suxxoun ed the Cheyenne camp
to~prevent any escapes . The attack
was perfectly 1~imed -- the Cheyenne
warri ors wexe ~ s^till a~sl p and
n~lce~ : . Taut P acKen2ie's Pawness
swept through 1 he Cheyenne camp and
thefx, ,horses gc It stuck in the river
mud ,just long enough for the,twomen°~
anc~ .children tc run to safety .
The warriors took up their guns,
what few of thf m they had, and took
a ~aosit on an a protective gully .
A, L3e~utenant M< ~~K~inney was sent forware
to ctislodc ~F' them .
was . high3 y uns~ ~Ceessful
In this, he
and unfortu-
mate . ~3ut whe~ the Cheyennes came
out to count icoup,. they exposed
themsel+l~es ' to a counter attack .
Oapta,in ~amilto led this charge,
ar~cl th ~tty ' wa riors were killed .