Follow the Northern Cheyennes’ desperate and deadly dash for home from Oklahoma to Montana.
The hot August 1878 weather bore down at Darlington Agency near Fort Reno in central Indian Territory. Northern Cheyenne leader Dull Knife and his followers had been harassed and pushed around since the attack on their camp on November 25, 1876. After being removed to Indian Territory and Darlington, they faced limits on hunting. There were few buffalos, and a shortage of rations provided by the federa
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