The Washita River (/ˈwɑːʃɪtɑː/) is a river in the states of Texas and Oklahoma in the United States. The river is 295 miles (475 km) long and terminates...
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The Battle of the Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong...
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Cheyenne (section Battle of Washita River)
Apache. Numerous battles were fought including a notable fight along the Washita River in 1836 with the Kiowa which resulted in the death of 48 Cheyenne warriors...
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Black Kettle (section Battle of Washita River)
people. On November 27, 1868, while attempting to escape the Battle of Washita River with his wife, he was shot and killed by soldiers of the U.S. 7th Cavalry...
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Joel Elliott (section Battle of Washita River)
Battle of Stones River, and was wounded twice. Joel Elliott was killed during the Battle of Washita River (also called the Washita Massacre), just west...
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Mo-nah-se-tah (section Battle of the Washita)
Rock. Her father was killed on November 28, 1868, in the Battle of Washita River when the camp of Chief Black Kettle, of which Little Rock was a member...
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Washita County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,924. Its county seat is New Cordell. The...
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attack on the Cheyenne encampment of Chief Black Kettle – the Battle of Washita River. He reported killing 103 warriors; 53 women and children were taken...
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The Battle of the Upper Washita River or the Battle of the Upper Washita, which is sometimes known by its major engagement, the Battle of Lyman's Wagon...
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Washita may refer to Washita River Washita County, Oklahoma Washita, Arkansas, Montgomery County, Arkansas Washita, Oklahoma, Caddo County, Oklahoma Washita...
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where he died at the age of 24 while leading a charge in the Battle of Washita River. Hamilton was born in New York City on July 21, 1844. He was a grandson...
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publicized of the War. It is known as both the Battle of the Upper Washita River and the Battle of Lyman's Wagon Train. Early in September, Tonkawa and...
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Fork Red River, North Fork Red River, Pease River, Washita River, Kiamichi River, Wichita River, Little Wichita River, Little River, Sulphur River, Bayou...
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Little Washita is a tributary of the Washita River, and joins that watercourse southeast of Chickasha. The Washita River then drains into the Red River on...
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Oklahoma Texoma Council of Governments Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge Washita River Lake Texoma Lake Texoma Online Texoma Council of Governments Texoma...
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routed Black Kettle's Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River in the Battle of Washita River, an attack which was at the time labeled a "massacre...
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Washita Battlefield National Historic Site protects and interprets the site of the Southern Cheyenne village of Chief Black Kettle where the Battle of...
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Washita River, November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle's Cheyenne camp on the Washita River...
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to this day. Following Washita, Sheridan oversaw the refitting of the 19th Kansas and personally led them down the Washita River toward the Wichita Mountains...
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on both sides. This incident became known as the Battle of Washita River, or the Washita massacre, an ignominious part of the United States' Indian Wars...
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Red River Little River Mountain Fork Glover River Kiamichi River Buck Creek Muddy Boggy Creek Clear Boggy Creek Blue River Island Bayou Washita River Wildhorse...
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Creek or Chivington and/or the massacre of Native Americans at the Washita River. Following his discharge from the United States Army, he agrees to help...
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from that of the Ouachita tribe, who are also eponymous of the Washita River and of Washita, Oklahoma. The group is part of the sovereign citizen movement...
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the first African-American Deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River, mostly working in the deadly Indian Territory. The region was saturated...
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Reservoir, also known as Foss Lake, is in Custer County, Oklahoma on the Washita River, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Clinton, Oklahoma. The reservoir was...
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Custer's attack on Black Kettle's Cheyenne encampment in the Battle of Washita River. Allan McLane Hamilton FRSE (1848–1919), who was a psychiatrist and...
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at sunrise by a "large band of Kiowa and Comanche warriors" near the Washita River. Dismounting, George Smith was mortally wounded.: 255 Soon, Woodall...
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7th US Cavalry, heading toward the Washita River. On November 27, the 7th surrounded a Cheyenne encampment at the river. Just before dawn, Custer launched...
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Lake Texoma (category Red River of the South)
[citation needed] Lake Texoma's two main sources are the Red River from the west and Washita River from the north. Other notable sources include Big Mineral...
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stationed at Fort Arbuckle, and had a house nearby on the South Bank of the Washita River. On a trip to Fort Arbuckle, Adelaide befriended the Campbell family...
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