During the time of Long's expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in 1819 and 1820, a small portion of the Cheyennes seem to have separated themselves from the rest of their nation on the Missouri, and to have associated themselves with the Arapahoes who wandered about the tributaries of the Platte and Arkansas, while those who remained affiliated with the Ogalallas, these two divisions remaining separated until the present time. Steps are now being taken, however, to bring them together on a new reservation in the Indian Territory.
Up to 1862, they were generally friendly to the white settlers, when outbreaks occurred, and then for three or four years a costly and bloody war was carried on against them, a notable feature of which was the Sand Creek or Chivington massacre, November 29, 1864. "Since that time there has been constant trouble. * * * In '67, General Hancock burned the village of the Dog Soldiers, on Pawnee Fork, and another war began, in which General Custer defeated them at Washita, killing Black Kettle and 37 others." The northern bands have been generally at peace with the whites, resisting many overtures to join their southern brethren.
List of illustrations.
118, 120. Hah-ket-home-mah. Little Robe. (Front.) Southern Cheyenne.
119, 121. Hah-ket-home-mah. Little Robe. (Profile.)Southern Cheyenne.
109. Hah-ket-home-mah. Little Robe. Southern Cheyenne.
110. Min-nin-ne-wah. Whirlwind.Southern Cheyenne.
111. Whoak-poo-no-bats. White Shield. Southern Cheyenne.
112. Wo-po-ham. White Horse.Southern Cheyenne.
113. Bah-ta-che. Medicine Man.Southern Cheyenne.