In the spring of 1876, more and more Plains Indians left their
reservations to join Crazy Horse in his campaign to drive the U.S. Army
out of the Black Hills region of South Dakota.  They overwhelmed General
Crook's forces at the battle of the Rosebud and then made their camp along
the Greasy Grass River (known to the army as Little Bighorn) in southern
Montana.  The number of Warriors swelled to almost two thousand, from six
different tribes: Oglala, Minneconjou, Sans Arc, Blackfoot, and northern
Cheyenne.  On June 25, General George A. Custer brought his force of over
two hundred soldiers down into the valley, where he found about three
times as many Sioux warriors as he had expected.  He and his entire unit
were killed in the battle.  Pictured above are two vies of the battle: 
an Indian drawing by Red Horse, a Minneconjou Sioux, and an illustration
which appeared in Harper's Weekly.