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23) The horsecatcher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Unable to kill, a young Cheyenne is scorned by his tribe when he chooses to become a horse catcher rather than a warrior.
24) The Cheyenne
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a brief introduction to the Cheyenne Indians including information on their society, homes, food, clothing, crafts, and life today.
25) The Cheyenne
Author
Description
Describes the history, customs and beliefs, and current status of the Cheyenne Indians.
26) Hostiles
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
Author
Description
At Summit Springs, Colorado on July 11, 1869, Maj Eugene A. Carr led the Fifth United States Cavalry and a force of Pawnee scouts in an attack on Chief Tall Bull's Cheyenne Dog Soldier village. Also prominent in the fight was chief of scouts, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. When the day's fighting was over, fifty-two Cheyenne Dog Soldiers lay dead. On that day, too, a soldier picked up what appeared to be a plain army ledgerbook. When opened, the...
Author
Series
One thousand White women trilogy volume 2
Formats
Description
"9 March 1876 My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing. The village of our People has been destroyed. Empty of human feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone. We curse the U.S. government, we curse the Army, we curse the savagery of mankind, white and Indian alike. We curse God in his heaven. Do not underestimate the power of...
Author
Description
John Simpson Smith (1810-1871) counted among his acquaintances Indianchiefs and United States presidents. He was a fur trapper, a trader for Charles Bent, and a recognized spokesman for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, with whom he lived much of his life. He served as interpreter for major treaty negotiations and accompanied three delegations of chiefs to Washington, D.C. to visit Presidents Fillmore, Lincoln, and Grant. He was in Black Kettle's...
Author
Series
Angel of mercy series (Al Lacy) volume 7
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Silver Moon is a beautiful Cheyenne girl living happily among the people of her village when a brutal cavalry attack led by Colonel John Chivington changes her life forever. As Silver Moon grows, so does her hatred for Chivington. Finally she can think of nothing but her plans for revenge, and she turns an unfeeling heart to the young brave who loves her. When a terrible sickness breaks out in Silver Moon's village, nurse Breanna Baylor Brockman comes...
38) Cheyenne
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book discusses the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Cheyenne Indians.
Description
"Modern bounty hunter Lewis Gates is hired to track down three dangerous fugitives who have escaped into the Montana wilderness. When the fugitives are found murdered, Gates has a mystery on his hands. Accompanied by anthropologist Lillian Sloane, Gates ventures further into the mountains and discovers an isolated settlement inhabited by [Cheyenne dog soldiers] thought to have been wiped out [in the area] by white settlers a century earlier. The two...