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Cheyenne Warrior
Cheyenne Warrior is a 1994 American film written by Michael B. Druxman, directed by Mark Griffiths, and stars Kelly Preston, Dan Haggerty and Pato Hoffmann. The film follows the struggle of a widowed, pregnant woman who is stranded at a trading post during the American Civil War.
Plot summary.
As war brews between the Union and the Confederate States of America, Matthew and Rebecca travel to the west to start a new life in Oregon. Along the way, they stop at a remote trading post
women who had gone to war with their husbands" (Grinnell). That qualification seems to be wrong since she is known to have become a warrior only when she was widowed. John Sipes Jr, late Southern Cheyenne tribal historian, mentioned that his ancestor Mochi (Cheyenne) was a warrior in her own right, had her own war pony and war medicine and was also a member of that society.
References.
- Glenmore, Josephine Stands in Timber, and Wayne Leman (1984). "Cheyenne Topical