This Web page part of the "Jump Back in Time" section of the America's Story Web site describes how in 1876 Lieutenant Colonel George A Custer prepared to fight the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians over territory in the Black Hills Click on the "next" arrow at the bottom of the text to learn more about the Battle of Little Big Horn"America's Story from America's Library" aims to make history fun by presenting surprising facts and amazing items from the Library of Congress collections
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