Battle of the Washita

Roger Mills County · in downtown Cheyenne one block south of US-283 and OK-47 intersection · location approximate

On November 27, 1868, Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th Cavalry in an attack on Chief Black Kettle's camp on the Washita River. The surprise, early-morning attack decimated the Cheyenne camp and no doubt was the seed for Custer's later meeting with American Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

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