As the sun rose on a cold morning in 1868, hundreds of U.S. soldiers, led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, attacked Cheyenne families camped for the winter along the Washita River. Stories passed ...

To locate and give battle to the remaining free Indians, Col. Miles regularly sent out scouting parties from his base on the Washita to scourer ... Reports of what happened next are contradictory.

Leaders of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, which operate a joint government in Concho, have repeatedly asked Interior Department officials about adding Washita Battlefield to the list, Wassana said.

In 1868, the U.S. carried out a surprise attack on Cheyenne families near the Washita River. The land is now a national historic site.