In 1874 troops under Col. George Custer confirmed that there was GOLD in the Black Hills, which was sacred land to the Sioux and was granteed to them by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. A gold rush then started!!
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse raised the largest indian campain ever seen, which consisted of around 4,000 warriors from a population in a rebellion of 50,000- which was mostly Sioux and Cheyenne.
The army that was sent to oppose this out break was lead by Gen. George Crook. Renound for his good negotiations with the indians. He had a plan to split the indians in half. However his own army split instead, because of glory hunting Custer, who asumed that he could defeat them on his own.
Custer was outnumbered by less that 5 to 1, technology could not help them as the indians were equiped with rifles. Custer and all 225 of his men were killed.
The army wanted revenge but the indians were defeated by the weather and loss of horses.
The destruction of the buffalo herds and killing of the ponies during campains was the best wepon the army had in the end of the indian wars.
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