Published on February 3, 2013 by Carol The 1870s saw a
continuing intrusion into the sacred Black Hills of present-day
South Dakota by gold-hungry white men, and settlers who coveted
the area’s rich soil. The situation spurred a succession of
Indian uprisings led by Lakota (Sioux) chiefs Crazy Horse and
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commenced a major campaign against them. However, failures
against the warriors culminated in the infamous Battle of the
Little Big Horn, during which Lieutenant Colonel George A.
Custer and a column of his Seventh Cavalry soldiers were
annihilated. It was, however, a Pyrrhic victory for the Indians.
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