29, 1864)  and  massacred  about  one  hundred  men,
women,  and  children.  The  whole  tribe  was  fired
with  a  desire  for  revenge,  aud  a  fierce  war  en-
sued, iu  which  the  United  States  lost  many  gal-
lant soldiers  and  wasted  between  $30,000,000
and  $40,000,000.  The  ill-feeling  of  the  Indians
towards  the  white  people  remained  unabated.
Some  treaties  were  made  and  imperfectly  car-
ried out;  and,  after  General  Hancock  burned
one  of  their  villages  in  1867,  they  again  made
w^ar,  and  slew  three  hundred  United  States  sol-
diers and  settlers.  General  Custer  defeated
them  on  the  W^ashita,  killing  their  chief,  thirty-
seven  waniors,  and  two  thirds  of  their  women
and  children.  The  northern  band  of  the  Chey-
eunes remained  peaceable,  refusing  to  join  the
Sionx  against  the  white  people,  in  1865,  notwith-
stauding  they  were  gros.sly  insulted.  The  Chey-
eunes now  are  scattered  and  mixed  Avith  the
AiTapahoes,  and  number,  in  the  aggregate,  about
three  thousand  five  hundred.  This  is  a  trifle
more  than  they  numbered  fifty  years  ago.
