The Warriors' Tale:

Read about the men who led the contest to control the land and resources of the Central Plains as well as the great roads that connected the Eastern states with the Wild West during the post Civil War era.  Learn the names of key government, railroad, and Native American Indian leaders who struggled to advance the causes of their people.  Read about the shocking story of the destruction of an American Indian encampment in central Kansas by the controversial General W.S. Hancock on "Good Friday", April 19, 1867 and the impact that the great blunder had on settlements and overland travel.  Learn the strategy and values behind the Warriors Societies of American Indians of the Central Plains and also the men of peace who fought for patience and compromise and a just resolution to the territorial and cultural conflicts during 1867.

Photos

1. General Winfield Scott Hancock, leader of Kansas "Indian Campaign" of 1867

2. Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry

3."Buffalo Soldiers" with the Tenth Cavalry

4. Maj. General Henry Douglass, commander of Fort Dodge in 1867

5. Illustration of the burning of Plains Indian village at Pawnee Fork, Kansas, April 19, 1867

6. Fighting for justice, Indian Agent, Major Edward Wynkoop

7.Fighting for justice, interpreter, Edmund Guerrier

8. Cheyenne warrior chief, Tall Bull

9.  Kiowa warrior

10.  Southern Cheyenne ,Chief Black Kettle, spokesman for peace on the Plains

11. Ten Bears, Comanche, another spokesman for peace and compromise 1867

American Caravan - Warrior's Tale