...Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse Adora Purnell HIST 102: Survey of U.S. History April 22, 2015 Many may not know the history and story involving such great leaders as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse who were very adamant and committed to preserving the Lakota’s values and the traditions of their way of life. They were known for having won many of the battles between the Lakota Nation and the U.S. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were two of the greatest leaders of the 19th Century and they fought tirelessly to keep the European settlers from taking their territory away from them in such confrontations as the Fetterman Massacre, and the Battle of Little Big Horn which was the greatest victory that the Native Americans had over the...
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...and most popular battle of the Indian wars. It marked the greatest, and last, battle the American Indians would have over the Untied States Army. It was also the most devastating loss the U.S. Army would have in the Westward expansion of the Untied States. The news stunned the nation and led to an endless debate about the facts, strategy and tactics of the battle that continues to the his day. INTRODUCTION The Battle of Little Bighorn also known as Custer’s Last Stand. Took place in June 1876, in the little Bighorn Valley of Southeast Montana. The number of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors that the 7th Cavalry Regiment faced was approximately 4,500. The battle showed how the failure to use the Principals of War, Mass and Synchronization, helped cause the most devasting defeat that the U.S. Army ever received during the Indian Wars. And how the use of Mass and Concentration could affect a conflict. The primary resources used Custer’s Last Stand by Peter Panzeri and Custer’s Last Campaign by John S. Gray. STRATEGIC SETTING The road to war. In the 1860’s Sioux tribes roamed the great plains of the Dakota and Wyoming territories. But they were constantly pushed farther to the West, as expansion of the Untied States continued to grow westward. In 1863, a gold rush in Montana cut through the heart of the Buffalo grazing lands, lands that the Sioux used to hunt. Between 1863 and 1866 the United States Army built three forts, Fort Reno, Fort ...
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...and the Native Americans knew the battle as the Battle of Greasy Grass. There are many different reasons that this one battle was so famous. It is because it would be the last great battle that the Native Americans would win and it would be the last great battle that George Armstrong Custer would lose. Why did this battle even have to take place? The area where this battle took place was in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Exactly why were the Black Hills of South Dakota so important to the United States that they would violate the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 and sacrifice so many lives for? The principal antagonists were the Seventh Regiment of Cavalry of the United States Army which was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, and a number of nomadic Indian tribes—Cheyenne, Sans Arcs, Miniconjoux Sioux, Oglala Sioux, Blackfeet, and Hunkpapa Sioux—under the general direction of Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, at least for the duration of the battle[i]. The United States Seventh Cavalry battle casualties amounted to 12 officers and 247 enlisted men. Sioux and allied tribe losses have never been accurately tabulated, but the estimates range from as little as 50 warriors up to 200 warriors. In many respects, the Battle of the Little Bighorn was a ‘last gasp’ of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, a final effort to prevent the large-scale white settlement of...
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