Podcasts History Legends of the Old West RED CLOUD'S WAR | Introduction

RED CLOUD'S WAR | Introduction

Published: Jan. 27, 2019, 11 p.m.

Red Cloud was the most feared and respected war chief on the northern plains in the 1860s. He watched the Lakota way of life crumble as the American nation expanded west. He built an unprecedented Native coalition. In 1865, he began to fight back. In 1866, he declared war.