Recently, a set of photographs revealed the war between the U.S. army and the most powerful Indians in North America, the Battle of the Little BigHorn, the famous "Battle of Custer's Last Stronghold.".
It is reported that in 1874, the Gold Mine was discovered in Mount Braque in Dakoda, and the United States had intended to purchase ownership of Mount Braque from the Indians, but the Indians who regarded it as a holy mountain were not moved, so the United States decided to ignore the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie Treaty between the United States and the Sioux and Cheyennes and started this civil war.
On June 22, 1876, Colonel George Armstrong Custer of the U.S. Army, the Seventh Cavalry Waslet was tasked with attacking the Indian army led by sitting bulls. The original plan was to attack south and drive the Indians to the upper reaches of the Little Bighoe River, where there were American reinforcements. But Custer, believing that the bulls would attack his camp, decided to attack the Indians at once. He divided his cavalry regiment into three routes, attacking from the front, all the way to the south to cut off the Escape Route of the Indians, and he himself led his men to attack from the north. Custer's arbitrary actions led to the result of the downfall: he did not expect the strength and bravery of the Indians, and the Indian Union chiefs led the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes to successfully lead them into a trap, and finally killed Custer and defeated his army.
After the war, the Indians could no longer resist the white army, and the Americans invaded the Indians' residences, forcing them to surrender. Within five years, almost all Sioux and Cheyennes would be confined to Indian reservations. Although the Battle of the Little Horn River won such a huge victory for the American Indians, it can also be seen as the last battle of the Indians.
It was a landmark war that exposed the historical tragedy between Americans and Indians at the time, and the Montana Massacre of 1876 became a symbolic event in American history of the "Battle of Custer's Last Stronghold." The set of photos also shows Cheyenne leaders visiting the White House before the war.