They were the first Cheyenne I’d ever seen close to, and if the Brulé Sioux had been alarming, these would have put the fear of God up Wellington. On average, they were the biggest Indians I ever saw, as big as I am—great massive-shouldered brutes with long braided hair and faces like Roman senators, and even in their distress, proud as grandees.
Flashman and the Redskins, p.83, Pan Books edition, 1983.
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