In the summer of 1874, Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan sent a large U.S. Army force against the Southern Plains Indians. Large numbers of the Cheyenne, Co

Battles of the Red River War unearths a long-buried record of the collision of two cultures. In 1874, U.S. forces led by Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie carried out a

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Incl

Eyewitness account of the Red River War.

Most of the uprising occurred in the Red River area of the Great Plains in the Texas panhandle during 1874-1875. Incidents also occurred in Oklahoma and Kansas.