The loss of horses and supplies at Punished Woman's Fork left the Indians in need of replenishment. Their path of flight took them through the Republican and Solomon River tributary system in northwest Kansas. The area which the Cheyenne crossed in Northwest Kansas had a dense settler population. There were slayings and robbery in southwest Kansas during September, but the raids on the settlements in northwest Kansas, primarily in present-day Rawlins and Decatur Counties, were mortifying. Wild West Podcast proudly presents Cheyenne Exodus Part III: Raids on Sappa Valley.
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