Central Kansas Library System

The story of Jack Crabbe, raised by both a white man and a Cheyenne chief. As a Cheyenne, Jack ate dog, had four wives and saw his people butchered by General Custer's soldiers. As a white man, he participated in the slaughter of the buffalo and tangled with Wyatt Earp.

"Beaver Killer, an infant survivor of the Washita Massacre, goes to school at Fort McPerson to learn the white man's ways. As a teen his grandfather gives him a mission--the destruction of General Wesley Hazlitt, the officer who had organized the attack. Many adventures over many years bring him to his destined moment"--

"A remarkable battle was fought at Beecher Island, Colorado, in 1868. Forty-nine untrained volunteers, two wounded officers, and a dying army doctor were nailed down on a sandbar in a shallow river by more than a thousand Cheyenne, Arapahoe and Sioux. For the fourth day the squaws and children shrieked with blood-lust. Roman Nose gathered his warriors for yet another attack. And again the desperate men on Beecher Island leveled their rifles."--

Examines the history, culture, way of life, and contemporary problems of the Cheyennes, a Native American tribe that dominated the Plains region in the nineteenth century.

"Born a pure blood Cheyenne, raised by whites when his family was massacred, Johnny Logan rode a treacherous trail between two worlds. But when he saw the ruthless exploitation of his people by villainous whites, he knew it was time to take a stand -- even if it was his last. Tyrannical swindlers were bringing a herd of diseased cattle to the Cheyenne reservation -- and only Logan could stop the approaching stampede of death. Beaten within an inch...

Provides an overview of the social life and customs and history of the Cheyenne Indians.

A bounty hunter and an expert in Native American culture discover an Indian tribe thought massacred over 100 years ago.

A Cheyenne legend explaining the origins of the stars. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cheyenne Indians.