An Account of the Battle of Little Bighorn

    As many of us know, the Battle of Little Bighorn was a battle between a group of rebellious Indians who refused to cooperate with the United States government and a group of military men led under the brave General Custer. Or was it?
   The Battle of Little Bighorn was fought between two main groups; the Sioux, the Cheyenne the Arapaho on one side and the United States Army on the other. The Native Americans and the U.S. originally had land treaties that stated the boundaries of each nation, and all was peaceful until the U.S began to break these promises while on the prowl for the newly discovered gold. There were many meetings between the Natives and The U.S.; winter of 1968, General George Armstrong Custer and his men attacked a camp on the Washita River, murdering their Chief. They were moved to a reservation, but moved and were attacked again in the winter of 1875. Not leaving anything else to chance, the Cheyenne moved in with the Sioux, where other tribes eventually joined them; they believed they were safer and stronger in numbers. They set up camp near Little Bighorn River, and General Custer lead his men against them, knowingly outnumbered. They were not victorious, which only led to a bigger problem with the Natives since this now became about revenge.

     All in all, the Battle of Little Bighorn was fought with two perspectives since there were two sides to the fight. Many debate on whether the battle started due to the discovery of gold on the land of the Natives or whether the Natives attacked unprovoked, but the fact of the matter is a battle was fought and one side won.