Get ready for an exhilarating journey back in time to the year 1868, a critical point in history rife with conflict and upheaval. This 6-part series will unveil the visceral realities and mounting tensions of Sheridan's winter campaign, taking you along the uncharted trails to the Battle of the Wachita. We're going to traverse untamed lands, discovering the narratives of Native American tribes fiercely safeguarding their territories against the relentless march of modern civilization.
Our series brims with riveting tales and first-person accounts, including the return of Custer to active service, Major Car's skirmish on Beaver Creek, and the establishment of Fort Supply. We'll be joined by a roster of special guests, each contributing their unique insights and historical perspectives, enriching your experience and the authenticity of our narrative. Follow us on this unforgettable adventure, packed full of suspense, drama, and revelations about a pivotal era in history.
In this series of "Trails to the Washita,” Wild West Podcasts will endeavor and combine helpful information on Sheridan's winter campaign with an engaging narrative of the circumstances leading up to and beyond the Battle of the Washita.
Join us in this six-part podcast as we provide information with first-person accounts on (1.) the chain of events pulling Custer back into active service, (2.) Major Carr’s skirmish on Beaver Creek, (3.) the preparation for war at Camp Sandy Forsyth, (4.) the establishment of Fort Supply, (5.) the Nineteenth Cavalry’s winter march to Camp Supply, and (6.) the attack on Black Kettles camp.
The following is based on DB Randolph-Kheim's introduction to Sheridan's troopers on the borders. It was the time when civilization in Kansas began traversing the gilded regions of the plains to the Rocky Mountains in rapid commerce, railways and telegraphs boldly ingress the solitude of the plains and the trails to Denver resonate with the rumble of moving trains, as an iron highway already links the two oceans. A time when the Native Americans in this region became alarmed at this new encroachment, they were ready at any moment for a desperate final effort to drive out the invaders of his hunting grounds. Fearful of his future, the tribes of the plains opposed such intrusions, for in them the kindred sees no benefit to the remnant of his race, who has taken sanctuary, after their deprivations, on the reservations and in the mountains. The struggle of time has come to solve for all time the question of whether the whites or the red men shall survive in the vast intermediate region between Eastern and Western civilization. It is a time when the encroaching necessities of modern civilization point to the inescapable doom of the Native American people of the plains. Their feral natures, incapable of restraint, render them by instinct adversaries to progress and the cause of humanity. As with the Buffalo, the course of civilization is the toll of destruction to them. It is an ending time. As the brutal bullet of the White Hunter ruthlessly slaughters the Buffalo, so the vices of civilization carry off those of the red men who have outlived their kindred.
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The year was 1868 when war raged against all precedents for active hostilities. Most of the country was entirely unknown. These people, in a majority of cases, had come in contact with but a few Native American traitors or the white settlers during their murderous depredations upon his homesteads. The object was to show the unrestrained tribes the ability of the white man soldiers to brave the storms of winter and to surmount this impediment which had, in former years, protected them.
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In this series of Trails to the Wachita, wild West Podcast will endeavor and combine helpful information on Sheridan's winter campaign with an engaging narrative on the circumstances leading up to and beyond the Battle of the Wachita. During this series, we also hope to bring you a plethora of special guests who will bring light to the historical perspectives of various events supporting the original narrative of this series. Join us in April of 2023 in this 6-part podcast as we provide information with first-person accounts on the chain of events pulling Custer back into active service, major Cars skirmish on Beaver Creek, the preparation for war at Camp Sandy, forsythe, the establishment of Fort Supply, the 19th Cavalry's winter march to Camp Supply and the attack on Black Kettle's Fortuny.