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Mochi's War

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by Enss, Chris

Sand Creek Massacre and bravery of, 1

  settler disruptions and blood raids by, 1.1-1.2

  as settling in Sand Creek, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Southern, 1

  surrendering bands of, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Washita land boundary misunderstanding and, 1

  White Antelope (Cheyenne chief), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6

  See also Black Kettle (Cheyenne chief)

  Cheyenne Dog Soldiers See Dog Soldiers

  Cheyenne Mission School, 1

  Chicago railroad strike, 1

  children, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6 , 7.1-7.2

  Chisholm Trail, 1.1-1.2

  Chivington, Isaac, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Chivington, Isabella, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2

  Chivington, Jane, 1.1-1.2

  Chivington, John Milton, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 background of, 1.1-1.2

  Black Kettle’s camp approached by, 1

  Civil War and, 1

  community as respecting and fearing, 1.1-1.2

  controversial and condemned life of, 1.1-1.2

  Custer compared to, 1

  damning testimonies against, 1.1-1.2

  Democrats as viewed by, 1

  denial of atrocities at Sand Creek Massacre by, 1

  as disagreeing with Whipple’s article, 1

  disgraced name and death of, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  divorce of Sarah and, 1

  Dog Soldiers as wanting answers from, 1

  editorial staff positions, 1.1-1.2

  end of military service for volunteers and, 1 , 2

  hero’s treatment of, 1 , 2

  knowledge of Sand Creek band as peaceful, 1

  lawsuits involvement of, 1

  as leader in Methodist Episcopal Church, 1.1-1.2

  life after Sand Creek Massacre of, 1.1-1.2

  marriage and abuse to third wife Isabella, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2

  marriage to Rollason, 1

  marriage to son’s widow Sarah, 1

  mixed views on political ventures of, 1

  as mourning deaths of wife and son, 1

  personal losses and sufferings of, 1.1-1.2

  Plains Indians’ annihilation as planned by, 1.1-1.2

  Plains Indians surrender and, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  as preacher, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4

  public speaking of, 1.1-1.2

  Republican nomination withdrawal of, 1

  requests to halt Indian invasion and, 1.1-1.2

  rum and whiskey cases destroyed by, 1

  Sand Creek Massacre and, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8 , 9.1-9.2 , 10.1-10.2 , 11

  Sand Creek Massacre and defensive accounts of, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3

  slavery issues and, 1.1-1.2

  unprovoked attack on Native Americans by, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Chivington, Sarah, 1.1-1.2

  “

  “civilize the Indians,” 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  C

  Civil War, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  clans See Bowstring Society See Dog Soldiers See Elk See 44 Chiefs Societies See Kit Fox See military societies, Cheyenne See specific tribes

  Colley, Samuel G., 1

  Colley, S. G., 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

  Colorado Territory, 1

  Colorado Volunteers, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4

  Comanche, 1

  Cometsevah, Colleen, 1 , 2

  Cometsevah, Laird, 1 , 2

  Committee on Conduct of War, 1

  Committee on Indian Affairs, 1.1-1.2

  Confederate forces, 1 , 2

  Congress, 1.1-1.2

  Congressional medal, 1

  Conner, Patrick, 1

  Corney, Patrick, 1

  Cramer, Joseph, 1.1-1.2

  Crazy Horse, 1

  Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1 , 2

  Custer, George Armstrong, 1 Battle of Washita led by, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4

  Battle of Washita victory report by, 1.1-1.2

  Chivington, J. M., compared to, 1

  Cutler, Harry, 1.1-1.2

  D

  Davis, Charles A., 1

  death tolls Adobe Wall attack, 1

  Battle of Julesburg, 1 , 2

  Battle of Washita, 1 , 2

  Indians and poisoned bread, 1

  prisoners’ typho-malarial fever, 1

  Sand Creek Massacre, 1 , 2 , 3

  Deming, A. M., 1

  Deming, Eddie M., 1.1-1.2

  Democrats, 1

  Department of Kansas, 1

  Dodge, G. M., 1

  Dog Soldiers, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 Bent, George as, 1.1-1.2

  Bull Bear (chief of Dog Soldiers), 1.1-1.2

  Cheyenne, 1.1-1.2

  Julesburg Massacres and, 1.1-1.2

  Making Medicine (Dog Soldier) on education, 1.1-1.2

  revenge and raids of, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4

  Downing and Barrett, 1

  Dull Knife, 1

  Duncan, William Richard, 1.1-1.2

  Dunn, J. P., 1.1-1.2

  Dyer, Ida, 1

  E

  economic growth, 1

  education, 1.1-1.2

  Ehyophsta See Yellow-Haired Woman

  Elk, 1

  escape attempts, 1

  Eubanks, Isabelle, 1 , 2

  Eubanks, Lucinda, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Eubanks family, 1.1-1.2

  Evans, John, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 Lincoln as firing, 1

  T

  The Fighting Cheyenne (Grinnell), 1

  “

  “Fighting Parson.” See Chivington, John Milton

  F

  First Colorado Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5

  First Methodist Church, 1.1-1.2

  flag, 1 Black Kettle presented with U.S., 1

  Black Kettle’s peace attempt by waving U.S., 1 , 2 , 3

  Sand Creek Massacre and children waving truce, 1

  truce, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2

  forces, 1 Confederate, 1 , 2

  Lincoln ordering troops as, 1

  Union, 1

  Fort Marion prison, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Medicine Water as prisoner and, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8

  Mochi as prisoner and, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8

  presentations by Indian prisoners of, 1.1-1.2

  Fort Wise treaty, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  4

  44 Chiefs Societies, 1.1-1.2

  F

  Four Great Rivers to Cross (Owl-Raban), 1

  G

  Gatewood, Charles, 1

  German, Adelaide, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2 memoirs of raid and captivity of, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2

  German, Joanna, 1.1-1.2

  German, John, 1.1-1.2

  German, Julia, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2

  German, Lydia, 1.1-1.2

  German, Rebecca Jane, 1.1-1.2

  German, Sophia, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2

  German, Stephen, 1.1-1.2

  German family raid, 1 caretakers for survivors of, 1

  Cheyenne Bowstring Society attack on, 1.1-1.2

  German girls as identifying Indians of, 1.1-1.2

  German's memoirs of captivity and, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2

  Medicine Water and, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Mochi as participant of, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8.1-8.2

  as identifying Indians of family raid, 1.1-1.2

  Medicine Water identified by, 1.1-1.2

  Miles’ and rescue of, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2

  Gilpin, William, 1

  gold, 1.1-1.2

  government, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Bowstring Society and land surveyors of, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Indians on Sand Creek land from, 1.1-1.2

  Little Blue River tragedy and, 1.1-1.2

  Plains Indians and settlement terms of, 1.1-1.2

  reservations and corruption of agents in, 1.1-1.2

  Sand Creek Massacre’s non-approval of, 1

  Gra
nt, Ulysses S., 1 , 2 , 3

  Greasy Nose, 1

  Greenwood, A. B., 1

  Grey Beard, 1.1-1.2

  Grinnell, George Bird, 1

  H

  Harlow’s Ranch, 1

  Hayt, Ezra A., 1.1-1.2

  He‘amave’ ho’e See Wise One Above

  Heap of Birds (Cheyenne leader), 1

  Hennessy, Patrick, 1.1-1.2

  Historic site, Sand Creek Massacre, 1.1-1.2

  history, oral, 1.1-1.2

  homesickness, 1.1-1.2

  Homestead Act, 1

  horses, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 Sand Creek Massacre and, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4

  Howling Water, Jesse, 1

  Hungate, Ellen, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Hungate, Nathan Ward, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Hungate Massacre, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3

  I

  illness, 1

  “

  “Indian massacre,” 1

  I

  Indians, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 agents of, 1

  Colorado Volunteers and prisoner exchange with, 1.1-1.2

  death toll of poisoned bread, 1

  Eubanks, L., accounts of captivity by, 1.1-1.2

  as joining forces, 1

  oral history as shared memories of, 1.1-1.2

  oral history’s value and usage by, 1.1-1.2

  Pratt, R. H., and citizenship of, 1

  prisoner education of, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Sand Creek as government-given land to, 1.1-1.2

  Sand Creek Massacre escape of, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2

  Sand Creek Massacre tent locations of, 1

  scalp of, 1

  settlers raided by, 1

  as slaughtering Hungate family, 1.1-1.2

  Stowe’s positive observations of, 1.1-1.2

  women, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  See also Plains Indians See also specific Native American tribes

  Indian Wars, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2

  J

  Johnstone, K., 1

  Jones, Harry C., 1.1-1.2

  Julesburg Massacre, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  K

  Kelley, Marshall B., 1

  Keuchler, John H., 1.1-1.2

  Kit Fox, 1

  L

  Lean Bear of the Cheyenne, 1

  Left Hand (Arapaho chief), 1 , 2 , 3

  legends, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5

  Liberty, Margo, 1

  Lincoln, Abraham, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3

  Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1

  liquor, 1

  Little Bear, 1

  Little Blue River tragedy Eubanks family attack of, 1.1-1.2

  government and, 1.1-1.2

  Plains Indians and, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Roper, L., assault and, 1.1-1.2

  settlers’ migration as prompting, 1.1-1.2

  warfare escalation due to, 1

  Little Robe (Cheyenne chief), 1

  Little Rock, 1

  Lone Bear, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Lone Tree Massacre, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Lowe, Percival G., 1

  Lowie, Robert H., 1.1-1.2

  Lull, Almira, 1.1-1.2

  Lull, John, 1.1-1.2

  M

  malnutrition, 1

  manacles, 1

  Manitou Springs, 1

  Marble, Danny, 1

  marriage Cheyenne’s customs of, 1.1-1.2

  Chivington, J. M., and, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2

  Mochi and, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2

  Martin, Fred, 1 , 2

  Massacre of the Mountains (Dunn), 1.1-1.2

  Ma-ta-ma, 1.1-1.2

  McCook, Alexander, 1.1-1.2

  McEachern, Alan, 1

  McGee, T. G., 1.1-1.2

  medical treatment, 1.1-1.2

  Medicine Lodge Creek treaty, 1.1-1.2 Black Kettle and, 1

  Cheyenne move to reservations and, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Plains Indians angered by delay of, 1.1-1.2

  additional daughters of Mochi and, 1

  as Bowstring Society leader, 1.1-1.2

  Cheyenne renegade reputation of, 1

  death of, 1.1-1.2

  German family raid and, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  as identified by German girls, 1.1-1.2

  meeting and marriage to Mochi, 1.1-1.2

  Mochi’s death and devastation of, 1.1-1.2

  as prisoner, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8

  prison records of, 1.1-1.2

  settlers’ continued suffrage and, 1

  surrender of Mochi and, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Methodist Episcopal Church, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Mihuh-heuimup See Medicine Water

  Miles, John, 1

  Miles, Nelson, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 Congressional medal honor of, 1

  German girls’ rescue and, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2

  as German sisters guardian, 1

  military societies, Cheyenne, 1

  missionaries, 1 , 2

  Missouri Sioux, 1

  Mochi, 1.1-1.2 additional daughters of Medicine Water and, 1

  Battle of Washita and, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  birth and upbringing of, 1.1-1.2

  Cheyenne renegade reputation of, 1

  as contracting tuberculosis, 1

  death and devastation of Medicine water, 1.1-1.2

  as Dog Soldier, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3

  fiend-like fierceness of, 1

  as identified by German girls, 1.1-1.2

  as joining warriors, 1

  marriage and, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2

  Medicine Water, meeting and marriage to, 1.1-1.2

  memories of prophet by, 1.1-1.2

  newborn daughter of, 1

  as not entertained by prisoners’ presentations, 1

  as participating in German Family raid, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8.1-8.2

  as prisoner, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8

  prison record of, 1 , 2

  as resentful prison cook, 1

  as resistant to change, 1.1-1.2

  revenge and, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3

  Sand Creek Massacre and family of, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  storyteller and meeting with, 1.1-1.2

  surrender of Medicine Water and, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  as survivor of Sand Creek Massacre, 1.1-1.2

  Tahnea as idolizing, 1

  as taking elder’s advice, 1

  vengeance for slain family of, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  as weathered and gaunt, 1

  Yellow-haired Woman admired by, 1

  Moore’s American Ranch, 1

  Morning Star, 1

  mourners, 1

  Mule Smoke, 1

  N

  Native Americans Chivington, J. M., unprovoked attack on, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Committee on Indian Affairs’ mission for, 1.1-1.2

  medical treatment and, 1.1-1.2

  release of imprisoned, 1.1-1.2

  See also Indians See also specific Native American tribes

  Nebraska Conference Church Extension Society, 1

  Neva (Arapaho chief), 1.1-1.2

  North Platte, 1

  “

  “nothing lives long,” 1

  “only the earth and the mountains,” 1

  O

  oral history, 1.1-1.2

  Overland Trail, 1

  Owl-Raben, Ann Strange, 1 , 2

  P

  peace, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4

  peace agreement, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 See also treaties

  peace conference, 1.1-1.2

  Pike’s Peak, 1 , 2

  Plains Indians, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 Battle of Washita and, 1.1-1.2

  Black Kettle’s peace treaty request for, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  Cheyenne as friendliest among, 1

  Chivington, J. M., and requests to halt invasion on, 1.1-1.2

  Chivington, J. M., and surrender of, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Chivington, J. M., annihilation plan for, 1.1-1.2

  Chivington, J. M., as doubting sincerity of, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Chivington, J. M., questioning total surrender of, 1

 
conduction of campaign against, 1.1-1.2

  economic growth of U.S. and, 1

  as Fort Marion prisoners, 1 , 2

  government settlement terms and, 1.1-1.2

  justifications for actions of, 1

  Little Blue River tragedy and, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  Medicine Lodge Creek treaty delay and, 1.1-1.2

  Red River War reservations' campaign and, 1

  Sand Creek Massacre and revenge of, 1

  Sand Creek Massacre as changing lives of, 1

  Sand Creek Massacre as stirring, 1

  surveyors and boundary markings of, 1.1-1.2

  tribe population of, 1

  U.S. Army’s dwindling supplies to, 1.1-1.2

  U.S. as weary of fighting, 1

  warrior population of, 1

  Whipple’s article on plight of, 1.1-1.2

  Plains Indian War, 1

  Pollack, Thomas, 1

  Pool, R., 1

  Pope, John, 1.1-1.2

  Pratt, Anna, 1

  Pratt, Richard Henry, 1 , 2.1-2.2 Indian citizenship attributed to, 1

  Indian prisoner education and, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  as Red Man’s Moses, 1

  preacher, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2

  pregnant women, 1

  prison See Fort Marion prison

  prisoners, 1.1-1.2 , 2 Bowstring Society and adaptation as, 1.1-1.2

  death tolls for typho-malarial fever, 1

  education and, 1 , 2.1-2.2

  escape attempts of, 1

  Fort Marion presentations by Indian, 1.1-1.2

  Fort Marion prison and life of, 1.1-1.2 , 2

  homesickness and sending family to, 1.1-1.2

  illness as continual problem for, 1

  Medicine Water as, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8

  Mochi as, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8

  release of Native American, 1.1-1.2

  reservations and hardships of freed, 1.1-1.2

  sale of souvenirs made by, 1.1-1.2

  suicide among, 1.1-1.2

  R

  rape, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4

  Red Cloud Agency, 1

  Red Hat, Emma, 1

  Red Hat, William, Jr., 1

  Red Man’s Moses, 1

  “

  “red rebels,” 1

  R

  Red River War, 1 , 2

  Republican Party, 1 , 2

  reservations, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 corruption of government agents and, 1.1-1.2

  freed prisoners and hardships on, 1.1-1.2

  revenge, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 , 6

  Rhodes, Arleigh, 1

  Richards, Hugh F., 1.1-1.2

  Rollason, Martha, 1 , 2

  Roman Nose, 1 , 2

  Roper, Joseph, 1 , 2 , 3

  Roper, Laura Louise, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2

  Roper, Sophia, 1

 

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