Invasion from the West
Road to the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Battle of the Little Bighorn
200

T/F: Bozeman was an early mining town.

False

200

Gold was found in this area of Sioux territory

What is the Black Hills?

200

He is the Crow Scout that stayed behind.

Curly

400

He was the Native leader involved in the period called the Bloody Bozeman.

Red Cloud

400

This person said, “Give me 80 men and I’ll ride through the entire Sioux Nation.”?

Captain William J. Fetterman

400

He was Custer's superior who had to reprimand him several times.

Colonel David Stanley

600

This man found an easier trail into the southwestern Montana mining fields

Who is John Bozeman?

600

The last surviving soldier to see General George Custer alive who carried the last message from General Custer.

Giovanni Martino/John Martin

600

This tribe worked as scouts for Custer

Who are the Crow?

800

This Sioux leader is credited with closing the Bozeman Trail

Who is Red Cloud?

800

This battle took place days before the Battle of the Little Bighorn

What is the Battle of the Rosebud?

800

These are the four Crow Scouts who led Custer to the Battle of Greasy Grass.

White-Man-Runs-Him, Hairy Moccasin, Curly, Goes Ahead

1000

Main forts along Bozeman Trail. 

Fort Phil Kearny, Fort C.F. Smith, and Fort Reno

1000

He led the US military in the Battle of the Rosebud

Who is General George Crook?

1000

He was the military leader holding a defensive position with the cavalry roughly four miles from Custer's position.  

General Marcus Reno