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Mind Map by hollyweber, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by hollyweber
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Battle of Little BigHorn
- Events leading up to it
- 1. Gold discovered in black hills in 1874
- 2. Sioux refused to sell land
- Black hills= high up, close to heavens
- Ancestors went to BH and were saved from floods
- Black hills= high up, close to heavens
- 3. Sioux ordered on to reservations, but they refused
- 1. Gold discovered in black hills in 1874
- Us: Battle plan
- Two-pronged attack
- Lt Colonel George Custer was ordered to march round the Wolf mountains
- Two-pronged attack
- Sioux: Battle plan
- Sioux had been joined by the Cheyenne and Arapaho
- Over 3000 warriors
- Armed with Winchester repeating rifles.
- Sioux had been joined by the Cheyenne and Arapaho
- Custer's defeat
- Went through (not around) wolf mountains
- Troops and horses tired
- Troops and horses tired
- Divided group of 600 in to 3
- Captain Frederick Benteen
- Major Marcus Reno
- Cluster
- Captain Frederick Benteen
- Arrived first
- Gibbon's last words to him were: 'Custer, don't be greedy. Wait for us.'
- Gibbon's last words to him were: 'Custer, don't be greedy. Wait for us.'
- Outnumbered
- Poor info
- Poor info
- He was arrogant
- Went through (not around) wolf mountains
- The Battle
- Custer and all of his troops lost their lives.
- Custer and all of his troops lost their lives.
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