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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), 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.
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.
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)