Northern Cheyenne Exodus

Northern Cheyenne Exodus
Part of the American Indian Wars

Little Wolf and Dull Knife, Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne
DateSeptember, 1878 – April, 1879
Location
Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Montana, United States
Result Northern Cheyenne Reservation created
Belligerents
Northern Cheyenne United States United States
Commanders and leaders
Dull Knife
Little Wolf  Surrendered
Wild Hog
Left Hand (killed in action)
Little Finger Nail (killed in action)		 United States William H. Lewis (mortally wounded)
United States John B. Johnson
United States Henry W. Wessells
United States George F. Chase
United States William P. Clark
Strength
297 people ~1,000 soldiers and civilians
Casualties and losses
~50 killed, ~30 wounded, ~70 captured ~30 killed, ~20 wounded
  • Losses include civilian casualties.
    Northern Cheyenne population declined by 619[1][2] to 675[1][2] overall in the exodus due to poor reservation conditions.

The Northern Cheyenne Exodus, also known as Dull Knife's Raid,[3] the Cheyenne War,[4] or the Cheyenne Campaign,[5] was the attempt of the Northern Cheyenne to return to the north, after being placed on the Southern Cheyenne reservation in the Indian Territory, and the United States Army operations to stop them. The period lasted from 1878 to 1879.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Bourke, John G. (1966). Mackenzies Last fight with the Cheyennes, New York Argonaut Press.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Dee (1970). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, pp.332-349. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 0-8050-1730-5.
  3. ^ Page 19, Maddux, In Dull Knife's Wake
  4. ^ "Military history of the United States Articles and Information". Neohumanism.org. 2001-09-11. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  5. ^ "List of wars involving the United States". Issuu.com. 2010-10-15. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  6. ^ Chapter 14, "Cheyenne Exodus", pages 331 to 359, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, Dee Brown, Henry Holt (1970, Owl paperback edition 1991), trade paperback, 488 pages, ISBN 0-8050-1730-5
  7. ^ Chapter 29, "Little Wolf and Dull Knife, 1876-79", pages 398 to 413 and Chapter 30, "The Fort Robinson Outbreak", pages 414 to 427, The Fighting Cheyennes, George Bird Grinnell, University of Oklahoma Press (1956, Scribner's Sons 1915), hardcover, 454 pages