Massacre at Cheyenne Hole: Lieutenant Austin Henley and the Sappa Creek Controversy [Hardcover]

John H. Monnett (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1, 1999

In Massacre at Cheyenne Hole, John H Monnett sifts through the various interpretations of the event over the years and places them into proper historical perspective. Initially, Lieutenant Austin Henely was viewed as a hero, and his H Company men were awarded eight Medals of Honour for their bravery in the skirmish. However, later intimations surfaced that the Sappa Creek fight was a massacre of the Cheyennes under Little Bull, who attempted to surrender. Tales of innocent non-combatants being murdered in the destruction of the camp following the battle were common by the early twentieth century.

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John H Monnett

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087081527X
• ISBN-13: 978-0870815270
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,389,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dr. John Monnett is an award winning author and a professor of history at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He has written or contributed to thirteen books and hundreds of articles and book reviews on thie history of the American West. He is recipient of a 2010 Wrangler Award from the National Western Heritage Center. His book, "Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed" was runner up for the Colorado Humanities Center for the Book best non-fiction prize for 2009. In addition he has won the Coke award from from Westerners International and given the Fred Rosenstock Lifetime Achievement Award from Denver Westerners. He is a sought after speaker at historical societies and conferences and a member of the Western History Association, Organization of American Historians, and the American History Association. He has taught western American history and Native American history to over 10,000 students during his career. He may be contacted at www.mscd.edu.