Alt Text

Battle map depicting the November 27, 1868, battle of Washita. The Washita River snakes across the middle of the map, and the land is marked up with blue arrows for US troops and red arrows for American Indians.

Extended Description

A blue arrow labeled “the US Cavalry” swoops from the left. From here, four arrows swoop around toward a site on the river with three red huts, labeled Black Kettle’s Camp and marked with a black X, near the center of the map. Text by the X reads, “Black Kettle and Medicine Woman Later killed.”

Three of those blue arrows go to Black Kettle’s Camp: two, labeled Myers and Thompson, swing below the river to the site, and the third, labeled Custer, goes straight to it.

The other arrow heads further along the river, curving around Black Kettle’s Camp and over to a site marked with an X at Sergeant Major Creek. Text by this X reads “Elliott and troops killed.” Red arrows representing warriors amass at this site, coming from Arapaho Camp, Kiowa Camp, and Cheyenne Camp further up the river.

Legend

The arrow pointing up and left shows north. A scale shows distances of 1 mile and 1 kilometer, with a note that reads “approximate foreground scale.”