Battle of Little BigHorn

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AS Level GCSE Stuff Mind Map on Battle of Little BigHorn, created by hollyweber on 24/01/2014.
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Battle of Little BigHorn
  1. Events leading up to it
    1. 1. Gold discovered in black hills in 1874
      1. 2. Sioux refused to sell land
        1. Black hills= high up, close to heavens
          1. Ancestors went to BH and were saved from floods
          2. 3. Sioux ordered on to reservations, but they refused
          3. Us: Battle plan
            1. Two-pronged attack
              1. Lt Colonel George Custer was ordered to march round the Wolf mountains
              2. Sioux: Battle plan
                1. Sioux had been joined by the Cheyenne and Arapaho
                  1. Over 3000 warriors
                    1. Armed with Winchester repeating rifles.
                    2. Custer's defeat
                      1. Went through (not around) wolf mountains
                        1. Troops and horses tired
                        2. Divided group of 600 in to 3
                          1. Captain Frederick Benteen
                            1. Major Marcus Reno
                              1. Cluster
                              2. Arrived first
                                1. Gibbon's last words to him were: 'Custer, don't be greedy. Wait for us.'
                                2. Outnumbered
                                  1. Poor info
                                  2. He was arrogant
                                  3. The Battle
                                    1. Custer and all of his troops lost their lives.
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