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Custer's Last Stand

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Noun1.Custer's Last StandCuster's Last Stand - a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn
Montana, Treasure State, MT - a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border


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A special section on Custer's Last Stand points out that some of the enlisted men with Custer had no training in combat and marksmanship and wound up easy prey for the Cheyenne and Sioux warriors at Little Bighorn.
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He remembers his father's stories of having visited in Prince Albert the camp of Sitting Bull following Custer's Last Stand.
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