At that historic battle, a mixed army of some 2,000 Teton Sioux (Lakotas) and Cheyennes wiped out Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his unit of 215 cavalrymen and routed the cavalry reinforcements led by Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen.
Selle ajaloolise lahingu käigus hävitas umbes 2000 tiitoni siuust (lakotast) ja šaieenist koosnev ühisarmee kolonelleitnant George Armstrong Custeri ja tema 215 ratsaväelast ning lõi major Marcus Reno ja kapten Frederick Benteeni juhitud abivägesid.