Horsemeat March

The Horsemeat March of 1876, also known as the Starvation March, is a military expedition led by General George Crook in pursuit of a band of Sioux fleeing General Custer's defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

In September, after the battle of Slim Buttes, the Sioux burn the grass behind them, and the American cavalry travels with reduced rations to allow faster pursuit.

As a result, the cavalry has no food for men or horses, and the soldiers eventually have to shoot and eat their horses as they become lame or injured.

The Horsemeat March ends in Deadwood, South Dakota.

Many of the cavalrymen are said to have gone insane as a result of the march.