The Battle of Beecher Island: Frontiersman vs Roman Nose's Cheyenne

In the summer of 1868 Major George A. Forsyth, under orders from General Sheridan, raised a company of fifty "first-class hardy frontiersmen" to seek out and engage hostile Native Americans. These scouts soon found themselves outnumbered and surrounded by hundreds of Cheyenne warriors, under the leadership of Roman Nose, as they took refuge on a little sandbar in the middle of the Arikaree river. What followed is now known as the battle of Beecher Island. #history #wildwest #cheyenne Check out my website for more true stories from the wild west! www.bloodybeaver.com/ Subscribe to Patreon for bonus content & to support the show! www.patreon.com/bloodybeaver Contrary - Little Big Man    • Younger Bear in contrary mood   List of Forsyth's Scouts abuffalosoldier.com/forsyth.htm Excerpt from Indian Yell, by Michael Blake - True West Mag truewestmagazine.com/article/island-of-rotting-hor… Indian Yell: The Heart of an American Insurgency by Michael Blake www.amazon.com/Indian-Yell-Heart-American-Insurgen… The Battle of Beecher Island, by George A. Forsyth www.amazon.com/Battle-Beecher-Island-Abridged-Anno…

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