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Friendship Treaty
This treaty was a pledge of peace between the Cheyenne and the United States. -
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History of main Cheyenne/US conflicts
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Epidemic
Cholera epidemic among the Cheyenne. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
10,000 Indians were at the treaty negotiations. Cheyenne and Arapaho territory was established, spanning lands in Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas. -
Platte Bridge Incident
After a false accusation of horse stealing was made against a party of Cheyennes, one of the Cheyenne was shot and killed, another captured and a third wounded. The horses in question actually belonged to Two Tails, who was later to become the famed Chief Little Wolf -
Treaty of Fort Wise
Six leaders of the Southern Cheyenne and four Arapaho bands signed the Fort Wise treaty, establishing a reservation in Colorado. Many Cheyenne opposed the treaty. -
Where the Girl Saved Her Brother - Battle of the Rosebud
1,300 soldiers under General Crook moved up the Bozeman Trail to Rosebud Creek, meeting about the same number of Cheyenne and Hunkpapa.The Cheyenne warrior, Comes in Sight, had his horse shot out from under him and was about to be killed when his sister, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, rode to him, under fire, and saved him. Eleven Warriors were killed in the battle and five wounded. The cavalry suffered 57 killed and wounded. -
Cheyenne forced to move
Nine hundred and seventy-two Cheyenne were moved from Red Cloud’s Agency south to Oklahoma to live with Southern Cheyenne. After arrival, many people contracted malaria. -
Cheyenne move again
The poor conditions of the Cheyenne in Oklahoma resulted in Northern Cheyenne leaders Morning Star, Little Wolf, Wild Hog and Old Crow making the decision to move their people north. Two hundred and ninetyseven Cheyenne began the march north. The group split into two bands, one led by Little Wolf and the other by Morning Star. Morning Star’s band got caught and sent to Fort Robinson in Nebraska. -
Fort Robinson Outbreak
In an effort to force the Cheyenne to agree to move back to Oklahoma, the soldiers deprived them of food, water, and heat. People were scraping ice off of the windows to get moisture. In a desperate attempt to escape, 61 of the 149 imprisoned Cheyenne were killed. During their return to their Tongue River country, Little Wolf’s band met with Cheyenne and Sioux scouts traveling with Lieutenant W. P. Clark, and agreed to go to Fort Keogh. -
Overcrowding
Due to overcrowding of Sioux and Cheyenne at Fort Keogh, Colonel Nelson Miles allowed Cheyenne families to settle along the Tongue River and encouraged the Cheyenne to homestead their lands. -
Reservation established
Executive Order created the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeast Montana on the Tongue River. -
Sun Dance Dies
Bureau of Indian Affairs began a 30-year suppression of the Northern Cheyenne Sun Dance. -
Reservation Population
The Bureau of Indian Affairs opposed General Miles’ recommendation to move the White River Cheyenne to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Despite the Bureau’s opposition, the White River Cheyenne were united with their people on their own reservation. The Cheyenne reservation population totaled around 1200. -
Last Engagement
The last Northern Cheyenne engagement with the US Cavalry. After being accused of killing a white man, Head Chief and Young Mule faced their accusers in a traditional manner of bravery and were killed.