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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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