Mochi (Cheyenne)

[1] Mochi fought alongside her husband in numerous battles and raids and was the only Native American woman to be incarcerated by the United States Army as a prisoner of war.

[1] On August 24, 1874, in present-day Meade County, Kansas, Mochi, Medicine Water and the other members of their band were involved in the massacre of a surveying party led by Capt.

[2] On the morning of September 11, 1874, in Kansas, Chief Medicine Water and his band, including Mochi, attacked John German and his family as they were breaking camp.

Julia and Nancy were traded to Grey Beard's band and were liberated after an attack on his camp on November 8, 1874, by a column led by Lieut.

Catherine and Sophia were released in March when Chief Stone Calf and most of the Southern Cheyenne surrendered at Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas.