Sounds
like a very unusual name for an important battle with the Sioux under Crazy
Horse allied with warriors of the Cheyenne under Little Hawk. This strong group
was involved in an ongoing series of battles with the famous General George
Crook during the Indian Campaign of 1876. This encounter, which history books call, “Battle
of the Rosebud, Montana,” was one of these fights.
One
of the Indian leaders, Two Moons was heading a group of about 200 warriors and
one women, Buffalo-calf-Road-Women, who refused to let her brother, an under
chief named, Comes-In-Sight, go to battle alone. When Comes-In-Sight’s horse
was shot from under him, Buffalo-Calf-Road-Women, rushed to the rescue. Riding
her pony into the battle she scooped up her brother, saving him.
Eight
days later, and not far away, Custer and his men of the 7th were
wiped out near the Little Big Horn River in present day Montana.
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These little snippets of human information just add colour to an already strong event.
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