What the records say
- When
- 27 Nov 1868
- Kind
- Battle
- Also recorded as
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 35.62° N, 99.69° W
- Description
- 1868 battle between the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne
4 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Indian Wars – Battle of Washita River: In the early morning”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Angriff am Washita greift das 7. US-Kavallerieregiment unter George Armstrong Custer im Morgengrauen ein friedliches Dorf der Südlichen Cheyenne unter…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “インディアン戦争:ウォシタ川の虐殺”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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