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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2002

Army forces expecting to defeat Plains Indian tribes in 1876 found out right away how wrong they were.

An Army official who lost at battle near the Powder River in Montana also lost his job. Cheyenne and Sioux warriors defeated the outnumbered U.S. Calvary on March 16, 1876, a prelude to the later massacre at Little Bighorn.

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Battle of Powder River was 1st of 3 that Cavalry lost to the Indians in Montana (The Billings Gazette 7/3)

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