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A 4 page overview of the military campaign that ended in catastrophe at Little Big Horn. Custer's troops were not exclusively white. There were, in fact, thirty-three Crow Indians that served as scouts under Custer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The military campaigns that the U.S. government unveiled against the Native Americans living on the plains were devastating in their effects. They were executed against practically all of
the plains groups at one time or another. Among the most infamous of these campaigns, however, were those waged against the Sioux. Names such as General George A.
Custer and Crazy Horse are particularly memorable in this regard. While Custer and Crazy Horse were leaders of their people, however, there were many other players in the military
campaigns on the plains. The lines were, in fact, not always clearly drawn on the basis of red verses white. Crazy Horse,
of course, was one of the leaders of the Oglala Sioux. He had great spiritual and personal power. Those powers complimented his military strategy and determination. Crazy
Horses people were relentlessly tormented by the American calvary. At the head of the 7th Calvary was General George A. Custer. Within Custers command, however, were native peoples
as well. Curley, White Man Runs Him, White Swan, Hairy Moccasin, Half Yellow Face, and Goes Ahead were all Crow Indians that had hired on with the Calvary (Hoxie,
1995). These scouts were just a handful of the thirty-three scouts that were under Custers command. Their primary function was tracking the movements of the Sioux and providing
recognizance information to Custer and others in command in the 7th Calvary. Ultimately, in the Battle of Little Bighorn, Custers relentlessness would catch
up with him in a way that would turn the tables on the typical military domination over the Sioux. At the time of Little Big Horn, on June 25,
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