Cheyenne Autumn

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In the autumn of 1878 a band of Cheyenne Indians set out from Indian Territory, where they had been sent by the U.S. government, to return to their homeland in Yellowstone country. Mari Sandoz tells the saga of their heartbreaking fifteen-hundred-mile flight. Alan Boye provides an introduction to this Bison Books edition.;Books by Mari Sandoz; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Region of Cheyenne Resistance, 1846-1879; The People and the Time; Gone Before; 1. Sixty Lodges Standing; 2. Ahh-h, Buffalo; 3. Shooting, and Soldiers Going Back; 4. The First Man Killed; 5. Soldiers, Soldiers, and the Flooding Arkansas; 6. A Soldier Chief Dead; 7. Sappa-Meaning Black; 8. To Make the Bad Heart Good; 9. The Parting; 10. Out of the Blizzard; 11. The Rejection; 12. Stepping Aside; 13. In the Barracks; 14. The Fasting; 15. The Ordeal Begins. Books by Mari Sandoz Title Page Copyright Page Contents Introduction Preface Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Region of Cheyenne Resistance, 1846-1879 The People and the Time Gone Before 1. Sixty Lodges Standing 2. Ahh-h, Buffalo 3. Shooting, and Soldiers Going Back 4. The First Man Killed 5. Soldiers, Soldiers, and the Flooding Arkansas 6. A Soldier Chief Dead 7. Sappa-Meaning Black 8. To Make the Bad Heart Good 9. The Parting 10. Out of the Blizzard 11. The Rejection 12. Stepping Aside 13. In the Barracks 14. The Fasting 15. The Ordeal Begins. 16. This Is the Place17. This Remnant 18. And Now the Yellowstone In the Aftertime Notes.