Cheyennes and Horse Soldiers: The 1857 Expedition and the Battle of Solomon's Fork

by William Y. Chalfant

Book Overview

The first major battle between the U.S. Army and the Cheyenne Indians took place on the south fork of the Solomon River in present-day northwest Kansas. In this stirring account, William Y. Chalfant recreates the human dimensions of what was probably the only large-unit sabre charge against the Plains tribes, in a battle that was as much a clash of cultures as of cavalry and Cheyenne warriors. In May 1857 the U. S. First Cavalry, under Col. E. V...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080613500X
• ISBN13: 9780806135007
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.7"