WHEN GOLD WAS FOUND IN THE BLACK HILLS, WHITE MAN BROKE THE TREATY. THIS FORCED SITTING BULL TO KEEP MOVING HIS PEOPLE FURTHER WEST.
HE MADE HIS ENCAMPMENT ALONG THE LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER
IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA IN 1876.
HE VOWED TO MOVE HIS PEOPLE NO MORE. THIS WAS CHIEF SITTING BULL'S VALLEY.
GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER STARTED THE BATTLE ON A PEACEFUL SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1876.
HE WAS ACTING ON WRITTEN ORDERS FROM GENERAL TERRY.
THOUSANDS OF LAKOTA SIOUX, CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO FORCED CUSTER'S SCATTERED UNIT ONTO
A LONG DUSTY RIDGE. THIS WAS PARALLEL TO THE LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER.
THEY SURROUNDED AND KILLED ALL 268 SOLDIERS, INCLUDING GENERAL CUSTER. HE DIED WITH BULLETS IN HIS CHEST AND HEAD. HE WAS 37 YEARS-OLD.
THERE WAS THIRTY-ONE CASUALTIES TO WARRIORS.
CHIEF SITTING BULL WAS THE LAST LAKOTA SIOUX TO SURRENDER TO
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
HE SPENT TWO YEARS IN PRISON AFTER HIS SURRENDER. HE WAS
SHOT TO DEATH FIVE YEARS LATER
BY TRIBAL POLICE.
HE WAS 59 YEARS OLD.
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LITTLE BIGHORN VALLEY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA
GENERAL CUSTER ATTACKED CHIEF SITTING BULL'S ENCAMPMENT LOCATED AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER. GENERAL CUSTER ARRIVED EARLY, AND WAS UNAWARE OF THE THOUSANDS OF INDIANS THAT HAD AMASSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
ALSO UNKNOWN TO CUSTER, THE THIRD REGIMENT HAD BEEN TURNED BACK BY AN ATTACK BY CHIEF CRAZY HORSE. THE SECOND REGIMENT WAS MOVING SLOW AND NOWHERE NEAR CUSTER'S UNITS.
THIS WAS THE GREATEST FIASCO IN U.S. ARMY HISTORY.
