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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 18 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 14 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cheyenne Indians (search)
Cheyenne Indians One of the most westerly tribes of the Algonquian nation. They were seated on the Cheyenne, a branch of the Red River of the North. Driven by the Sioux, they retreated beyond the Missouri. Near the close of the eighteenth century they were driven to or near the Black Hills (now in the Dakotas and Wyoming), where Lewis and Clarke found them in 1804, when they possessed horses and made plundering raids as far as New Mexico. See Clarke, George Rogers; Lewis, Meriwether. About 1825, when they were at peace with the Sioux, and making war upon the Pawnees, Kansas, and other tribes, a feud occurred in the family. A part of them remained with the Sioux, and the others went south to the Arkansas River and joined the Arapahoes. Many treaties were made with them by agents of the United States, but broken; and, finally, losing all confidence in the honor of the white race, they began hostilities in 1861. This was the first time that the Cheyennes were at war with th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chicago, (search)
by British emissaries first became slightly manifest. A scalping party of Winnebagoes made a raid on a settlement near Chicago in April, and during the early part of the ensuing summer the inhabitants saw, with alarm, the continual gathering of Indians. On Aug. 7, a friendly Pottawatomie chief arrived with a letter from General Hull, notifying Heald of the declaration of war and fall of Mackinaw, and advising him, if expe- Kinzie mansion and Fort Dearborn. dient, to evacuate the fort and dd to imbrue their hands in the blood of the white people. I cannot restrain them, and I will not wear a token of peace while I am compelled to act as an enemy. This warning was strangely unheeded. Massacre at Fort Dearborn. The less honorable Indians promised good conduct, but there were unmistakable signs Medal given to Black Partridge by the Americans. of treachery, and when the morning arrived for the departure of the white people (Aug. 15), it was clearly seen that the hostiles
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cody, William Frederick 1846- (search)
Cody, William Frederick 1846- Scout; born in Scott county, Ia., Feb. 26, 1846. In 1857-58 he was under contract to supply the Kansas Pacific Railroad with all the buffalo meat needed during its construction, and in eighteen months he killed 4,280 buffaloes, on account of which he received his widely known sobriquet of Buffalo bill. During the Civil War he was a guide and scout for the national government; in 1868-72 was scout and guide in all the movements against the hostile Sioux and Cheyenne Indians; in 1876 was scout of the 5th Cavalry, and in the action at Indian Creek, in a personal encounter, killed Yellow Hand, the Cheyenne chief. He has been in more Indian fights than any other living man. He is coauthor of The Great Salt Lake trail.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coffee, John 1772- (search)
Coffee, John 1772- Surveyor; born in Nottaway county, Va., in 1772. In December, 1812, he was colonel of Tennessee volunteers under Jackson, and was with him John Coffee. in all his wars with the Creek Indians. He was with him also in his expedition to Pensacola (q. v.), and in the defence of New Orleans. In 1817 he was surveyor of public lands. He died near Florence, Ala., July 7, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cole, Nelson 1833- (search)
Cole, Nelson 1833- Military officer; born in Dutchess county, New York, Nov. 18, 1833; subsequently settled in St. Louis, Mo. When the Civil War broke out he entered the Union army and served with conspicuous ability in numerous engagements. Early in 1865, at the head of 1.500 men, he led a successful expedition against the hostile Sioux, Arapahoe, and Cheyenne Indians at the sources of the Yellowstone River. He was made a brigadier-general of volunteers on May 28, 1898, and given command of the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, at Camp Alger. The unwholesome conditions of the camp caused his resignation, and his death, in St. Louis, Mo., July 31, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus, Christopher 1435-1536 (search)
ves, with skins of a copper hue, watched their movements with awe, and regarded the strangers as gods. Believing he was in India, Columbus called the inhabitants Indians. Columbus took possession of the land in the name of the crown of Castile. He soon discovered it to be an island—one of the Bahamas—which he named San Salvador.orres, who had served in the household of the Adelantado of Murcia, and had been a Jew, knowing Hebrew, Chaldee, and even some Arabic. With these men he sent two Indians, one from among those he had brought from Guanahani, and another native of the houses by the river-side. He gave them strings of beads with which to buy food if eft the boats, he sent back some men up the hill, because he fancied he had seen a large apiary. Before those he had sent could return, they were joined by many Indians, and they went to the boats, where the Admiral was waiting with all his people. One of the natives advanced into the river near the stern of the boat, and made a
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Colorado Volunteers. (search)
t Leavenworth, Kansas, September 23, 1865. 3rd Colorado Regiment Cavalry Regiment organized at Denver, Colo., for 100 days service August 20 to September 21, 1864. Duty at Denver till September 27. Operations against Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians in the District of Colorado October to December. Company G at Camp Baxter, Company A at Camp Cass, Companies E, B, I, K, L and M at Camp Elbert, Company F at Junction Station, Company C at Latham Station, Company B at Old Fort Lupton and Attached to District of Colorado to July, 1864. District of Upper Arkansas to December, 1864. District of South Kansas to April, 1865. District of North Kansas to August, 1865. Service. Duty at Fort Lyon, Colo., operating against Indians, December, 1862, to July, 1863. At Camp Weld till December, 1863. Scout from Port Garland, Colo., October 12-16, 1863. At Denver December, 1863, to June, 1864. Expedition from Denver to Republican River, Kansas, April 8-23, 1864.
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
egon, lasting more than seven months, beset by cholera, tornadoes, and hostile Indians. Thus as a boy of eleven Joaquin Miller came to know that terrible and allurilarge as lilies. Then the figures that peopled this vast setting—gold-miners, Indians, Mexicans, and the romantic adventurers who are commonly his heroes, restless,rst the old frontier of Cooper and then the trans-Mississippi region, with its Indians, its Mexicans, its bandits, its troopers, and above all, its cowboys, among whes and cannon and was garrisoned by about forty well armed, drilled, uniformed Indians. There were extra arms for more if needed. In his Diary See also Reminisc he was bound through fair and foul. Not the least of the troubles arose from Indians, those people who already possessed the country and were satisfied with it. Thatment of Indians it is permissible to refer the reader to the Massacre of Cheyenne Indians, 38th Congress, 2nd Sess., House Doc., Jan. 10th, 1865, wherein the Commit
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Martin, Edward S., 22 Martin, E. W., 356 Martin, G. M., 420 Martin, Helen R., 585 Martin, W. A. P., 155 Martineau, Harriet, 228 n., 406 Martin Eden, 94 Martini, 450 Martyr, Justin, 466 Martyr Book, 536 Marvellous country, the, 132 Marvin, W. T., 264 Maryland, 497 Marzio's Crucifix, 88 Mason, Lowell, 495, 499, 500 Mason, Walt, 498 Masque of judgment, the, 63 Masquerier, L., 438 Massachusetts, its historians and history, 198 Massacre of Cheyenne Indians, 148 Masses, 333 Masters, Edgar Lee, 65, 76, 615 Mater, 277 Mather, Cotton, 73, 389, 390, 392, 444 Mather, Richard, 534 Mathew Carey, 547 n. Matthews, Brander, 7, 17, 129, 269, 272, 273-4, 274 n., 290, 419 Matthews, Washington, 633 Maum Guinea, 71 Maupassant, 606 Max Adeler. See Clark, Charles Heber Maxwell, 244 Mayflower, the, 70 Mayo, Margaret, 295 Mayo-Smith, R., 442 Mead, Elinor G., 77 Meaning of education, 423 Meaning of truth, the, 249
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
. 13, 1865. G. O. 67, July 16, 1867. G. O. 84, Oct. 14, 1868. —--Brevet Colonel D. D., late Lieut. Colonel, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, to be Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for faithful and efficient services in the Subsistence Department, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 84, Oct. 14, 1868. Williams, First Lieutenant Ephraim, of the 5th U. S. Infantry, to be Captain, U. S. Army, by brevet, for coolness, gallantry and good conduct in action with Cheyenne Indians, near Pawnee Forts, Kan., Sept. 23, 1867, to date from Sept. 23, 1867. G. O. 33, Apr. 9, 1869. Williams, Brevet Colonel Robert, Major, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Army, to be Brig. General, U. S. Army, by brevet, for diligent, faithful and meritorious services in the Adj. General's Department during the war, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 71, Aug. 31, 1866. — Major Robert, staff Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Army, to be Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, by brevet, for meritori