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This event should not be confused with the Powder River Expedition (1865).. The Big Horn Expedition, or Bighorn Expedition, was a military operation of the United States Army against the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming Territory and Montana Territory.
The best mounted scouts followed the fast moving Cavalry on the way to Little Bighorn River. [8]: 95 They, along with Little Sioux, Red Bear and 11 scouts crossed the river south of the Lakota camp along with the troops under Major Reno. [8]: 85 Red Star, Boy Chief and Strikes Two escaped with 28 Lakota horses. [8]: 119
Cover of Wooden Leg. Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer is a 1931 book by Thomas Bailey Marquis about the life of a Northern Cheyenne Indian, Wooden Leg, who fought in several historic battles between United States forces and the Plains Indians, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where he faced the troops of George Armstrong Custer.
After five days there, the Lakota took part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. For his part, Hollow Horn Bear claimed to have personally fought there against Marcus Reno as well as George Armstrong Custer. [13]: 150 [14] In 1880 Hollow Horn Bear traveled to Washington, D.C. to discuss issues regarding the reservation with the US government. [5]
Standing Bear is perhaps best known for his artwork, including illustrating the 1932 edition of Black Elk Speaks. [1] Standing Bear was born in 1859. [2] His father died when he was four, and he lived with his mother, sister, grandparents, and uncle. [2] He was part of the Battle of Little Big Horn, attending the Sun Dance before the battle. [2]
Dewey Beard or Wasú Máza ("Iron Hail", 1858–1955) was a Minneconjou Lakota who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn as a teenager. [1] After George Armstrong Custer's defeat, Wasu Maza followed Sitting Bull into exile in Canada and then back to South Dakota where he lived on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (in Dewey and Ziebach counties).
The area of Big Horn County, Montana where the Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought. On June 25, 1876, Custer's scouts discovered Sitting Bull's camp along the Little Big Horn River, known as the Greasy Grass River to the Lakota. After being ordered to attack, Custer's 7th Cavalry's troops lost ground quickly and were forced to retreat.
Amos Bad Heart Bull, also known as Waŋblí Wapȟáha (Eagle Bonnet; c. 1868–1913), was a noted Oglala Lakota artist in what is called Ledger Art.It is a style that adapts traditional Native American pictography to the new European medium of paper, and named for the accountants' ledger books, available from traders, used by the artists for their drawings and paintings.