Battle of the Little Big horn

The Battle of the Little Big Horn

Tatanka Yotanka, Chief Sitting Bull saw a vision of many pony soldiers who would come to attack the lodges of our tribes. And so it came to pass that Big Chief Yellow Hair Custer came to kill us. Many tribes were camped by the Big Horn River where stories of fresh antelope had led us. There we were - the Uncapapas, the Minneconjou, the Brule, the Ogalallas, the Sans Arcs and the Blackfoot. With women and children maybe 10,000. Of braves maybe 2,000.

The first warning came from the South East where paleface Reno led his bluecoats against the Blackfeet. Many of our women and children were caught in the charge and were swept away to be no more. Chief Gall's family all died and his heart turned to stone. From then he killed all his enemies with a tomahawk so that he could see their eyes and feel their death. Gall turned Reno's men like cattle then chased them from our camp.


Key	blue = River light green = valley	dark green = hills yellow = cavalry troop movements

Then Custer attacked the north of our camp but he was foolish and we were too many. His men ran like thieves but we ate them up as they tried to escape. I saw yellow hair Custer. His hair was not so long as before. I did not see him die though many claimed to have killed him. All I know is he died. And his men - all save one horse. Two men tried to escape and one almost succeeded but he blew his brains out for fear of capture.

Pictograph by Kicking Bear.

Our braves were well led that day - by Gall and Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse was wise. He knew that this world was but a reflection of the real one. In dreams he saw the real one and it made his horse crazy. But through his visions he learned a great thing - how to defeat the pony soldiers. Never was he beaten and never were we beaten when we fought with him. He was killed by treachery. Only by treachery could they kill him. Now he is dead and we are dead also.

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