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Black Kettle: the Cheyenne chief who sought peace but found war (Book) ; Author: Hatch, Thom, 1946- ; Published: Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, c2004.

But one great Cheyenne chief, Black Kettle, understood that the whites could not be stopped.

In this first biography of black Kettle, historian Thom Hatch at last gives us the full story of this illustrious Native American leader, offering an.

The Compelling, Tragic Story of a Great Cheyenne Chief As white settlers poured into the west during the nineteenth century.

Chief Black Kettle advocated a policy of peace and accommodation.

In this first biography of black Kettle, historian Thom Hatch at last gives us the full story of this illustrious Native American leader, offering an....

Black Kettle

Leader of the Southern Cheyenne

Black Kettle (Cheyenne: Mo'ohtavetoo'o)^[1] (c. 1803 – November 27, 1868) was a leader of the Southern Cheyenne during the American Indian Wars.

Born to the Northern Só'taeo'o / Só'taétaneo'o band of the Northern Cheyenne in the Black Hills of present-day South Dakota,^[2] he later married into the Wotápio / Wutapai band (one mixed Cheyenne-Kiowa band with Lakota Sioux origin) of the Southern Cheyenne.

Black Kettle is often remembered as a peacemaker who accepted treaties with the U.S. government to protect his people. On November 27, 1868, while attempting to escape the Battle of Washita River with his wife, he was shot and killed by soldiers of the U.S.

7th Cavalry.

Early life

Black Kettle was born around 1803 in South Dakota into the Cheyenne Nation.^[3] Little is known of Black Kettle's life prior to 1854, when he was made a chief of the Council of Forty-four, the cent