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By Cosmos Mariner, August 3, 2021
Escape of the Northern Cheyenne Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Nebraska, Keith County, Ogallala — 549 — Escape of the Northern Cheyenne —  |
| By 1878 more than 300 Northern Cheyennes were desperate to escape their hated reservation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Led by Dull Knife and Little Wolf, they headed for their homeland in the north, fighting their way across Kansas. At about . . . — — Map (db m178707) HM | |||
| 2 ► Nebraska, Chase County, Wauneta — George Rowley — |
| Near this spot stood the Rowley sod house. Built in 1875 it was the first habitation in Chase County. On October 3, 1878, while on his way home to protect his family, Rowley was killed by Cheyenne Indians during the epic trek of Dull Knife’s Band . . . — — Map (db m177410) HM | |||