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The Battle of the Rosebud (also known as the Battle of Rosebud Creek) occurred June 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and its Crow and Shoshoni allies against a force consisting mostly of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians during the Great Sioux War of 1876. The Cheyenne called it the Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother, because of an incident during the fight involving Buffalo Calf Road Woman. General George Crook's offensive was stymied by the Indians, led by Crazy Horse, and he awaited reinforcements before resuming the campaign in August. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Rosebud https://youtu.be/BqbSLSykvgo
American History
Native Americans
State of Montana
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Thanks for reminding us SGT John " Mac " McConnell about the Battle of the Rosebud.
The lust for gold or more accurately there is gold in them thar hills prompted the Us government to renege on the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868).
Indian warfare tended to be fluid and this battle was no exception to that rule of thump. Thankfully the Crow and Shoshoni allies prevented General George Crook's "Bighorn and Yellowstone Expedition, consisted of 993 cavalry and mule-mounted infantry, 197 civilian packers and teamsters, 65 Montana miners, three scouts, and five journalists" from being surprised and possibly suffering a catastrophic defeat.
The lust for gold or more accurately there is gold in them thar hills prompted the Us government to renege on the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868).
Indian warfare tended to be fluid and this battle was no exception to that rule of thump. Thankfully the Crow and Shoshoni allies prevented General George Crook's "Bighorn and Yellowstone Expedition, consisted of 993 cavalry and mule-mounted infantry, 197 civilian packers and teamsters, 65 Montana miners, three scouts, and five journalists" from being surprised and possibly suffering a catastrophic defeat.
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