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Definition: Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn
n 1: a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn
River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
[syn:
Little Bighorn River,
Little Horn]
2: a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between
United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of
Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by
Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux
forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was
killed along with all his command [syn:
Battle of Little Bighorn
,
Battle of the Little Bighorn,
Custer's Last Stand
]