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bolanrox t1_j6ox0xu wrote

or Custer using single shot rifles on foot, while being circled by horseback riders with lever action rifles?

all because he was in such a rush he left his Gatling guns behind?

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crazy_horse76 t1_j6pi1hh wrote

My lands are where my dead lie buried - Crazy Horse

One of the greatest American military minds ever.

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Unhappy-Valuable-596 t1_j6oslb9 wrote

Where they Americans then?

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ChadExtra OP t1_j6othd0 wrote

The Native Americans defeated a US military force. They had been given guns by the British (as part of a strategy of encouraging insurrection against the American government).

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Gemmabeta t1_j6ouih3 wrote

Yes, the British formally recognized US sovereignty in 1783.

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