Today we started a video about Custer's Last Stand.
We began the video explaining that the Indians didn't want to move and would fight if anyone tried anything funny. But as the white people moved west onto their lands, they began to slowly and slowly get outnumbered, almost 4:1. As these settlers moved, they also began to start killing off the buffalo in the area, which was quote, "the equivalent of the modern day Wal-mart for Indians" (Mr. Stewart). This really made the Indians mad, especially one specific one named Crazy Horse.
When the economy almost crashed in 1873, and the reason why it didn't was because railroad owners began to sell the land near their railroads to cities and people. Some of this land went near the land reserved to the Indians through the Laramie Treaty.
One of these places inhabited by people was the Black Hills. A sacred place to the Indians, and since people found gold there, caused the Indians to become extremely pissed. Crazy Horse, mentioned earlier to be one of the most angry and vengeful, would find lone miners and kill them. Whenever the U.S. brought an army they would be pretty confidently defeated because the soldiers they had were usually immigrants and low-wage-seeking workers, not fit for battle in any way.
Tl;dr The White People are screwing with the Indians and will probably lose the battle in Custer's Last Stand.
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