A poetic retelling of the events of Nov. 29, 1864, the day a Colorado militia unit attacked a peaceful encampment of Cheyennes and killed almost 200 men, women, and children. The massacre defined the history of the West by ensuring that there could be no peace between white settlers and Plains Indians. Cutler sticks to historical fact, re-creating the testimony of the soldiers involved, and also offers the voices of the Cheyennes, which were not recorded by historical documents. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.