Cheyenne Dog Soldiers:A Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat

Description

Since the Battle of Summit Springs on July 11| 1869| a ledgerbook of over one hundred color drawings lay neglected in the archives of the Colorado Historical Society for nearly a century.
The authors| working in close association with the Cheyenne nation| have produced an unprecedented look at the Dog Soldiers based on this ledgerbook.
Unlike other books that interpret ledgerbook art| the authors treat the Summit Springs ledger drawings as historical documents| a history of the Dog Soldiers recorded by the warrior-artists themselves.
In Cheyenne Dog Soldiers| the earliest of the extant Cheyenne ledgerbooks| the authors have painstakingly matched drawings with known events| such as the 1865 sack of Julesburg| Colorado| and the 1865 battles of Rush Creek| Platte River Bridge| and Tongue River in the Dakota and Montana territories.
Also identified are such noted Dog Soldiers as Tall Bull| Big Crow| Whirlwind| and Wolf with Plenty of Hair.