General George Custer was commanding the expedition and he was on a mission

to force Sioux and Cheyenne Indians off of the plains and back to their reservations.

Gold had been found in the Black Hills and the white men wanted the land and gold for themselves.

On June 25, 1876, General Custer's command came upon the main camp of Sitting Bull. Custer and his five companies charged the thickest part while Major Reno with seven companies attacked on the other side. The soldiers were held off and a slaughter was the result.

Gibbons command coming up behind Custer and Reno, for reinforcement, showed up and the Indians left. The number of killed is stated at 300 and the wounded at 31.

Two hundred and seven men are said to have been buried in one place. The list of killed includes seventeen commissioned officers.

On July 6, at the headquarters of Lieutenant General Sheridan, all was bustle and confusion over the reported massacre of Custer's command. Telegrams were being constantly received. Most of them we

"Battle of Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand. "Knowledge Adventure. Url:forming a junction with Reno's force. They buried Custer's two hundred dead, gathered Reno's wounded, and withdrew to the mouth of the Bighorn. The wounded were sent to Fort Abraham Lincoln, and Terry applied for reinforcements. Large added forces were hurried to the front, but no large body of the Indians could be found. The Indians were apparently satisfied for the time with their bloody victory, and had scattered and gone back to their reservations. The soldiers now adopted a policy of disarming and dismounting all of the Indians at the agencies. Colonel Miles was in pursuit of the fleeing Sioux, north of Yellowstone, and had two encounters with Sitting Bull, Gall and others with no understanding being reached. The chase was resumed. Five of the chiefs surrendered and were held as hostages. But Sitting Bull and Gall, with their immediate bands, escaped to Canada. After the Custer battle, Congress, as well as the military, awakened to the seriousness of conditions among the !

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Custer personally shot at Indians who were reckless enough to come within his range. Boyer sat at Custer's side and the Crow scouts were behind with the troops. Boyer called White Man Runs Him and told him "you have done what you agreed to do, you brought us to the Sioux camp, now go back to the pack-train and live". The scouts then mounted and rode away, and as they came in sight of the attacking Sioux, many shots were fired at them. They were soon out of range. Custer mounted at the time the scouts left him and began his retreat. It was at this point that seven bodies were found by the burying squad and none of these men had empty cartridges. This probably means they were killed in the first attack, before the troops had started firing, and Custer made no attack. The whole movement would then be a retreat. Whether he thought of withdrawing far enough back from the river to find a favorable position, or had he undertaken a long retreat to the mountains, cannot be told. The !

Lakota. On August 15, 1876, an act was passed for the appointment of a new commission. The main object of a treaty that was prepared was to secure the Black Hills. Many concessions and advantages were promised and an effort was to be made to move the Lakota into Indian territory. In violation of a previous treaty, no effort was made to obtain the consent of 3/4 of the adult males. But instead, the treaty was first presented to the friendly Spotted Tail and his leaders and then to the headman of the other bands separately. By the end of October, all of the Lakota except the irreconcilable bands of Gall and Sitting Bull had signed. The Indian territory project was abandoned.

Custer's command went to the right, down a sharp bank, across a narrow flat, then across a narrow dry creek and out on a rising plain. Custer's troops were moving quickly. Off to the left, Reno's command was in full sight, moving down the valley almost within hailing distance. As Custer's command emerged from the valley, from the sight of Reno's men,

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