What was the outcome of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

Answer 1

The outcome of the Battle of the Little Bighorn was a disaster. George Custer lost his life and almost his entire command. The Native Americans were hunted down after and forced to live on reservations.

Answer 2

The 7th Cavalry was routed, the white people back East were incensed toward the Native victors, and the Indian campaigns intensified. The Natives hoped to convince the whites to pull back; it backfired on them badly, in the long run.

Answer 3

it was reported several days ago that the Battle of Little Bighorn commenced at the Rose bud river in Montana. For many years before the battle date, the Sioux and the American government had been in conflict. The Sioux tribe was a powerful collection of tribes. Throughout the Nineteenth Century, they had been pushed further and further west. The western Sioux had been in conflict with the US government, due to the land in which they were living on. These arguments lead to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

By the time of the 1840's the Sioux had found good hunting grounds in Dakota and Montana, in these grounds they were free from trouble with the Settlers. The worst problems occurred along the North Platte River when the Sioux were disturbed by wagon trains using the Oregon Trail. Then in 1862, gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountains in Montana. While the Oregon train was annoying the Sioux it also put their lives at danger. For the Gold minors the train was vital; for the Sioux it was another negative prospect.

The most important Sioux warrior at this time was Red Cloud. From 1862 to 1864, he led a campaign against White Settlers who used the Oregon Trail. It was so successful that the government arranged for a peace meeting to be held in 1866 at Fort Laramie between the government and the western Sioux nation. They would not harm the Native's buffalo.

By 1874, rumours circulated that gold had been found in the Black Hills; an army scouting expedition was sent out, lead by Custer. He was hated amongst the Indian tribes and was described as an 'Indian hunter'. His attack on the peaceful tribal village of Cheyenne in 1868 was well known amongst the tribes. To the Sioux, Custer's presence meant trouble.

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull (names of leaders of the Sioux Tribe) were in the hills of the Bighorn Mountains so any attack was not going to be easy especially as the Sioux knew their territory well while the US Army did not. Custer unexpectedly encountered a nearby group of over forty warriors. Major Marcus Reno was ordered to cross the river and further told to attack the Indian village with the remaining troops that were under his command. His plan was to attack the Indian encampment at the northern and southern ends simultaneously. Reno's men fought furiously and unsuccessfully. Moments after the Indians had driven out Reno's men they suddenly spotted over two hundred of Custer's men coming towards the other end of the village. Cheyenne and Hunkpapa Sioux simultaneously crossed the river and confronted the oncoming soldiers, forcing them back to a long high ridge to the North. Meanwhile, another force, largely Oglala Sioux under Crazy Horse's command, quickly moved downstream and then doubled back, surrounding Custer and his army, whilst bullets and arrows shot through the air and several men. As the Indians continued to close in, Custer ordered his men to shoot their horses and build a wall with their dead bodies, however this strategy did little against the attack. In less than an hour, Custer and his men were slaughtered in what has been called the worst American military disaster in history. It was a bitter victory, with the Indians on the run. Some made it to 
safety in Canada but most eventually were forced onto reservations.

Answer 4

The Indians led a surprise against Custer's men. It led to a massacre that was not investigated until years later.

ANS 2 - The Indians carried out a surprise attack on Custer in retaliation for his brutal massacre of their undefended village, killing hundreds of women and children. If Custer had survived he would almost certainly have been court -martialled.

Answer 5

The outcome of the battle of little bighorn was Custer's men attacked the Sioux 300 men died and 31 wounded.

Answer 6

Military forces commanded by Custer were destroyed.