An authentic eyewitness account, by the half-Cheyenne son of William Bent of Bent's Fort, of events on the Great Plains, 1826-1875.

My people, the Cheyennes -- The medicine arrows are lost -- Bent's Fort -- White war and Indian skrimishes -- Conflict on the Upper Arkansas -- Disaster at Sand Creek -- The great raids -- Powder river -- Hancock, Custer, and Roman Nose -- Medicine lodge -- The death of Roman Nose -- Battle of the Washita -- Summit Springs -- The Fetterman Fight -- Adobe Walls.