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Custer Killed
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| On June 25th, in Dakota territory, at the Little Big Horn, General Custer and all 256 of his troops were killed. The defeat of Custer in the Battle of the Little Big Horn was the last Indian victory. |
The discovery of gold in the Black Hills of Dakota guaranteed clashes between the Indians, who owned the land, and the white men, who wanted the gold. The Sioux insisted that this was their land, which was the case under an 1868 treaty.
The US army ignored the treaty and attempted to force the Indians into a small reservation. When they refused, President Grant ordered that they be rounded up and forced onto the reservation.
General Custer led a column of soldiers on an expedition to the Little Big Horn rivers. There, he discovered what he thought was a native Indian village. He soon found out that he had stumbled on a encampment of over 12,000 Sioux and Cheyenne, under the leadership of Crazy Horse.
The Indians counter-attacked and killed all 256 of Custer's troops. |
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