CKLA Unit 6: Native Americans Chapter 8 Battle of the Little Bighorn

He was excited about fishing.

He knew there would be a battle the next day.

He was planning to leave the army.

He was sick.

Most of the fighting happened near the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The Lakota named it that.

The hills were covered in black rocks.

It was fought only at night.

There was a very large Lakota village near the Little Bighorn River.

The Lakota were building a fort.

The Lakota had left the area.

Gold had been found in the river.

Settlers moved onto their land, and the reservation kept getting smaller.

They wanted to visit the Crow.

The government told them to move immediately.

They were searching for gold.

The tribes would move away forever.

There would be no battle.

The soldiers would win the battle.

The Lakota would win a great victory.

His soldiers were arguing.

He wanted to surprise and confuse the Lakota.

He did not trust his officers.

The river forced them to split up.

Their horses ran away.

Hundreds of Lakota warriors attacked them from behind a hill.

They saw Custer retreating.

They ran out of ammunition.

He moved to Canada.

He became a U.S. general.

He surrendered less than a year later.

He won another great victory.