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jun 25, 1876 - Battle of Big Horn

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The War Department was under orders to locate and follow the hostile Indian trail. It initiated military action to compel recalcitrant bands of northern Plains Indians to return to their assigned Agencies.

Citation
Keenan, Jerry. "Battle of the Little Bighorn." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2017, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/252853. Accessed 24 Oct. 2017.

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jun 25, 1876
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~ 150 years ago

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