Little Bighorn
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Michael Daly
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Little Bighorn
What happened? Where should the story start?
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George Armstrong Custer
Leader of the American troops
graduated from West Point military college
General in the Civil War at age 23
influential in victory at Gettysburg
present for at the surrendur of Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy
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Sitting Bull
leader of the Lakota Sioux
had a vision of soldiers 'as thick as grasshoppers' coming towards Sioux and Cheyenne camp
Refused to surrender; took his tribe to Canada until 1881
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Where to start - option 1 - Custer...
Custer had already fought in the Indian Wars for years
He had been in charge of the Battle of Washita River.
103 natives on reservation soil were killed at this Battle
Battle of Washita River is also sometimes called the Washita River Massacre.
It occured in 1868.
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Where to start - option 2 - Gold
After Washita River, many Sioux and Cheyenne are forced to live in a reservation called the Great Sioux Reservation.
Located mostly in South Dakota.
Gold was found on the western border of the reservation.
This pull factor of immigration brought many settlers west.
Conflicts started to occur between settlers and natives.
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From Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
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From Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
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JD Cameron
Secretary of War
says natives are hostile and wild and like to "go on the warpath"
says gold is not a reason for the conflict
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