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The Battle of Warbonnet Creek was a skirmish characterized by a duel between "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a young Cheyenne warrior named Heova'ehe or Yellow Hair (often incorrectly translated as "Yellow Hand"). [1] The engagement is often referred to as the First Scalp for Custer. It occurred July 17, 1876, in Sioux County in northwestern Nebraska.
Yellow Wolf or Ho'néoxheóvaestse (died 1864) [1] was a Cheyenne Chief who led the Rope Hair group of the Southern Cheyenne. [2] He lived to be 85 years old, and died in 1864 along with his brother at Sand Creek, Colorado, at the Sand Creek Massacre , which disrupted the traditional Cheyenne power structure, because of the deaths of eight ...
William Yellowhead, or "Musquakie" or "Misquuckkey" (Miskwaaki or Miskwaa-aki: Red-earth), as he was known in Ojibwe (other attested names include "Mayawassino" and "Waisowindebay" (Wezaawindibe: Yellow-head)) was the "head chief" of the Chippaweans of Lakes Huron and Simcoe and leader of the Deer clan of that people [2] from 1817 until his death in 1864. [3]
Because of their hunger, a great part of the Cheyenne tribe accepted the offer; Wooden Leg, with a group of 34 other Cheyennes, among whom was his brother Yellow Hair, refused, since his fellows and he "still desired, more than anything, that freedom that they considered a right". He lived a laborious life in the area of the Tongue and Powder ...
The Yellow Chief also features a common plot theme of Mayne Reid, in which a heroine's "weak brother" becomes caught in the clutches of a villain seeking revenge. [2] Although The Yellow Chief was a dime novel, the cliff hangers throughout the plot seem to occur in the tradition of serial novels of 19th century literature. Many unrealistic ...
Yellow Hawk, Cheyenne River Sioux Chief. Chief Yellow Hawk (also known as Ci-tan-gi) was a leader of the Sans Arc Lakota a sub-group of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe. In 1867 Yellow Hawk was a member of the delegation of Native American representatives who signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty and in 1868, the Treaty of Fort Laramie, protecting tribal lands from further seizure and encroachment by ...
Chief Chauncey Yellow Robe (born Canowicakte lit. ' kill in woods ' Yellow Robe, 1867–1930) was a Sičhą́ǧú ( Rosebud Sioux ) educator, lecturer, actor, and Native American activist . His given name, Canowicakte, means "kill in woods," [ 1 ] and he was nicknamed "Timber" in his youth.
Buffalo Bill Cody (1845–1917), iconic western figure; lived in Nebraska (born in Iowa Territory) while working as a scout for the 5th Cavalry; on July 17, 1876, at War Bonnet Creek, while dressed in his Wild West stage clothing, he killed and scalped Chief Yellow Hair (), claiming it a revenge for Custer; took up residence in Scout's Rest Ranch in 1886