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 Bulls Cheyenne Dog Soldier village. Also prominent in the fight was chief of scouts William F. Buffalo Bill Cody. When the days fighting was over, fifty-two Cheyenne Dog Soldiers lay dead. The Battle of Summit Springs - a great victory for the army - broke the military power of the Dog Soldiers. On that day, too a soldier picked up what appeared to be a plain army ledgerbook. When opened, the book revealed page upon page of colored drawings - all rendered by Cheyenne warrior-artists. The book came to the Colorado Historical Society in 1903, and there it remained for nearly two hundred years, largely unknown or forgotten. Until now. - Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: A Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat by Jean Afton, David Fridtjof Halaas, and Andrew E. Masich with Richard N. Ellis. One copy only available at furtrade.org
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:58:14 +0000
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