1868

Washita Massacre

Washita River, Oklahoma, OK

Washita Massacre

Washita Massacre

U.S. Army forces under Colonel George Custer attacked and killed over 60 Cheyenne and Arapaho people, including women and children, at their winter camp on the Washita River. The massacre was part of the broader Indian Wars and targeted Indigenous communities in the Plains[1].

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