Colonel George Armstrong Custer in Fort Abraham…

June 1874 CE

Colonel George Armstrong Custer in Fort Abraham Lincoln (now North Dakota) receives an order to delay his Black Hills Expedition and stop a large war party of Lakota on its way to attack Like a Fishhook Village in June 1874.

"The Rees and Mandans should be protected same as white settlers", read the order from General Phil Sheridan.

Custer fails and the Lakota kill five Arikara and one Mandan.

Locations
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Dunn North Dakota United States View →

People
George Armstrong Custer View → Philip Sheridan View →

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Lakota, aka Teton Sioux (Amerind tribe) View → Arikara people (Amerind tribe) View → Assiniboine people (Amerind tribe) View → Dakota, aka Santee Sioux (Amerind tribe) View → Yankton Sioux Tribe View →

Topics
Indian Wars in Upper North America View → Black Hills Gold Rush, Dakota Territory, United States View →

Subjects
Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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