库斯特的最后据点战役：1876年6月25日

你对「小大角之战」 (Battle of Little Big Horn) 有多少认识呢？你可能比我还瞭解库斯特最后据点战役的故事。

在1876年6月25日的早晨，陆军中校乔治．库斯特 (George A. Custer) 率领第七骑兵队进攻，于是与苏族、夏安族印第安人发生战争。库斯特本来打算全军守在小大角河 (Little Big Horn River) 河口，等待援军到来，但是他发现酋长「坐着的公牛」 (Sitting Bull) 在一旁紧密窥视着，库斯特于是失去耐心，下令展开攻击。

一八七四年，被印地安苏族视为圣地的「黑山」 (Black Hills) ，由于发现黄金，吸引数万的白人淘金客涌入，此举破坏了政府与苏族、夏安族订定的保留区条约。然而，美国政府却下令要求印第安人离开他们的居住地，必须返回保留区里。


What do you know about the Battle of Little Big Horn? You might know the story better as Custer's Last Stand.

On the morning of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry charged into battle against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. Custer's orders were to wait for reinforcements at the mouth of the Little Big Horn River before attacking the Indians, but Chief Sitting Bull had been spotted nearby, and Custer was impatient to attack.

A treaty had given the Sioux exclusive rights to the Black Hills, but when gold was later discovered in the area, white miners flocked to the territory. Despite the treaty, the U.S. government ordered the Indians away from the invading settlers and back to their reservations.

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