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During the period following the following American Civil War. The United States' policy towards indigenous people was to segregate them from the rest of the populations on so-called resvervations. Many were expected to become farming people and to stop hunting, merely by handing them hand tools and seed and being told to use them. This did not go over well and many left the areas assigned to them to attempt to resume their traditional lifestyles.
The U.S. Army was sent out to find them and return them to their respective agencies. In June of 1876, George Armstrong Custer located a large camp of Arapaho, Lakota and Cheyenne and went in without waiting for reinforcements with a total of 268 individuals to execute government policy. The native Americans protected their own interests and prevailed that day.
When the Army units that Custer should have waited for caught up in a few days, one of the only Military survivors was a horse named 'Commanche.'
The U.S. Army was sent out to find them and return them to their respective agencies. In June of 1876, George Armstrong Custer located a large camp of Arapaho, Lakota and Cheyenne and went in without waiting for reinforcements with a total of 268 individuals to execute government policy. The native Americans protected their own interests and prevailed that day.
When the Army units that Custer should have waited for caught up in a few days, one of the only Military survivors was a horse named 'Commanche.'