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[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0528]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Visitors to the Elk City rodeo Thursday and Friday will see in addition the evidence of a real historical find--bones believed to be Black Kettle's. killed by General Custer's men Nov. 27, 1868."
Date: 1934
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0529]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Black Kettle / Cheyenne Indian / Died May 6,1916 / Aged 67 Years / Northeast corner-Calumet Cemetery / Located 1 mile west of Calumet, Okla."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Battle of the Washita

Description: Article attempts to show sympathy for those affected by the Battle of the Washita, a massacre of Black Kettle's Southern Cheyenne camp that was stationed on the Washita River, by outlining their motivations for rebelling against the government.
Date: Spring 1925
Creator: Nesbitt, Paul
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"For our sake do all you can": The Indian Captivity and Death of Clara and willie Blinn

Description: Article investigates the deaths of Clara Blinn and her two-year-old son Willie, during the attack by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village on the Washita River. Joe D. Haines, Jr. provides details about Blinn and her captivity among the Cheyennes.
Date: Summer 1999
Creator: Haines, Joe D., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

History Underfoot: The Search for Physical Evidence of the 1868 Attack on Black Kettle's Village

Description: Article chronicles the four-pronged attack on Cheyenne Peace Chief Black Kettle's village on the Washita River in 1868 that would later become the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. William B. Lees, Douglas D. Scott, and C. Vance Haynes provide further evidence from surveys conducted at the scene to interpret the event in the form of archaeological/geological findings and recovered artifacts.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lees, William B.; Scott, Douglas D. & Haynes, C. Vance
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Battle of the Washita, Revisited: A Journey to a Historic Site in 1933

Description: Article describes the journey of Howard F. Van Zandt and Guy W. Lanman, two graduate students from the University of Oklahoma, to the historic site of the Battle of the Washita in 1933. Howard F. Van Zandt provides his reconstruction of the events following the walkthrough of the battle sites and his interaction with a Cheyenne survivor of the attack.
Date: Spring 1984
Creator: Van Zandt, Howard F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Black Kettle: A Noble Savage?

Description: Article discusses perspectives on the reputation and personality of Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle, whose village was wiped out by General George A. Custer's Seventh United States Cavalry. Duane Gage explores Black Kettle's role as a leader of warriors and the impressions he left behind.
Date: Autumn 1967
Creator: Gage, Duane
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Battle of the Washita Centennial, 1968

Description: Article narrates the centennial celebration of the Battle of Washita. The battle resulted in the Peace Chief Black Kettle and his wife being killed by soldiers of the 7th US Cavalry as the attempted to cross the river. The battle ground is now a National Historic Site.
Date: Winter 1968
Creator: Thetford, Francis
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some Reminiscences of the Battle of the Washita

Description: Article discusses the Battle of Washita, the attack on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village, from the perspective of two survivors, Moving Behind and Wolf Belly Woman. Theodore a. Ediger and Vinnie Hoffman provide historical context to the interviews they conducted with these Cheyenne women.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Ediger, Theodore A. & Hoffman, Vinnie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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