Title

Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana, USA, 25-26 June 1876 (c1900). Artist: Amos Bad Heart Buffalo

Caption

Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana, USA, 25-26 June 1876 (c1900). US Cavalry troopers being pursued across a river. The Little Bighorn was a crushing defeat inflicted on the US 7th Cavalry by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors commanded by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Reno's detachment was forced to retreat after encountering a much larger force, but the troops commanded by General George Armstrong Custer were surrounded and killed to the last man in the action known as 'Custer's Last Stand'. The Native American victory only temporarily delayed the encroachment of white settlers onto their lands however.
Historica Graphica Collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19D59_184

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No

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Rights managed

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60,2Mb (6,5Mb) / 19,5in x 12,0in / 5849 x 3600 (300dpi)

Keywords

river animal water people male man men animals horses horse riding rider arts painting art guy geography headdress color colour chasing Montana dead death native Native American mounted war wild west warrior century soldiers soldier horseback concept battle American Indian headgear pursuing United States of America 19th century battlefield Sioux 1900s 20th century nineteenth century 7th Cavalry Battle of the Little Bighorn cavalryman geographical feature Plains Indian TGN George ink General George Custer Custer General George George Armstrong Custer George Custer George Armstrong Amos Bad Heart Buffalo Major Marcus Reno Reno Major Marcus Historica Graphica Collection Sitting Bull Tatanka Ioyatake Crazy Horse Horse Crazy Tasunka witko Marcus Ren General George Custer Sitting Bull Crazy Horse Major Marcus Reno ink