The Battle of Little Big Horn: The Prelude to Disaster It is hard to say how many years ago the Dakota Indians of the Northern Mississippi River began to spill over the Missouri in search of game‚ and became hostile toward the other tribes claiming the western country. Dakota was their traditional tribal name‚ but as they crossed this Northwestern Rubicon they became known by the name the Chippewas had given them years ago: "Sioux". It was by that moniker they became known as the most numerous
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charge he was the very first soldier to engage the enemy. Men found in Custer a gallant leader worthy of following into battle. In the majority of the battles he fought against Confederate forces he was victorious. On many occasions‚ he narrowly escaped harm in battle; having 11 horses shot from under him and incurring only one wound from a Confederate artillery shell during the Battle of Culpepper Courthouse. As a result he became known for his legendary "Custer Luck." After the Civil War ended on April
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when talking about the Battle of Big Horn‚ one of the largest military defeats in U.S. history. Much controversy surrounds
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tleThe US army lost the Battle of the Little Big Horn because of the mistake made by General George Custer The battle of little big horn took place on 25th June 1876. All 210 soldiers in General Custer’s force were killed by Indians led by sitting bull. The Battle began because the white settlers and the Native American’s lived in peace but the American’s started to abuse their trust with the Native American’s as they started to dig for gold‚ as the gold was discovered in the Rocky mountain and
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In the beginning of both the novel Flight‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ and the article‚ The Battle Of Little Bighorn‚ 1876 unnecessary violence and revenge are perpetrated by the main character or subject. In Flight‚ the protagonist‚ Zits‚ is an immature‚ troublemaking‚ Native-American boy. Zits gets sent to jail numerous times for his mischievous actions. For his most recent offense he is put in jail with a young white kid‚ who calls himself Justice. Zits tells Justice about his past. About his father leaving
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The Native Indians were forced to move on reservations all crammed together. Plains tribes began to corral with settlers armies. The most famous battle was the Battle of Little Bighorn. The Indians manage to defeat the settlers troops lead by General George A. Custer. His army of 250 men all died during the most famous battle between the Indians and settlers. The Sioux and the Cheyenne joined hands to have a win on their side in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory. The Indians kept
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The predicament of the Native American Indians throughout history is devastated by many battles of relocation from one reservation to the next. One would perceive the Indians merely as puppets that were manipulated by white settlers. However‚ the Battle of the Little Bighorn was unique. Custer’s Last Stand has been a symbol of bravery‚ of folly‚ and of oppression. The New York Times article provides first-hand knowledge of the event and presents an image of heroic American soldiers who were overpowered
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The knowledge that the government lacked to know was that the Bighorn Valley was the local gathering place for Indian tribe meetings and camped at Little Bighorn were seven to ten thousand Indians‚ mostly comprising of Sioux and Cheyennes. Sitting Bull and his allies among them. Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s army was defeated and Custer dies. After the Little Bighorn victory‚ Sitting Bull and a number of his followers fled to Canada to escape the government’s
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Dexter‚ Christian A. Review of Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians. By James Welch and Paul Stekler. New York: W.W Norton Company‚ 1994. From time to time‚ a book of true historical significance is written on a subject that has been written on almost endlessly. The Battle of the Little Big Horn is one of the most written about‚ speculated on‚ celebrated‚ talked about‚ and glorified events in American History. Popularly known as "Custer’s Last Stand"
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United States Army‚ because of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 18681‚ but the Army could not keep miners off the Sioux ground‚ which led to the increase of Sioux grievances towards the Americans; some grievances that are still taken offense to today. These battles and negotiations soon were known at the Great Sioux War of 1876. In 1874‚ the government had sent out Lieutenant Colonel George Custer to examine the Black Hills. On his expedition‚ Custer revealed the presence of gold in the area‚ and before Custer
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