After Bighorn win, American outlash

JUNE 20, 2001

Victory at the Battle of Litle Bighorn in 1876 was short lived for tribes in Souh Dakota.

After the June 25 defeat of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his forces, the Army sent out another brigade to subjugate the tribes. By the spirng of next year, Crazy Horse was killed in Nebraska.

Sitting Bull, who fled to Canada after the battle, engaged the Army in a couple of skirmishes. But he eventually returned to the United States and surrendered in 1881.

Get the Story:
After defeat, Army refused to leave Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse alone (The Billings Gazette 6/20)

Relevant Links:
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument - http://www.nps.gov/libi

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