What happened during the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Custer led U.S. troops into American Indian territory and encountered a much larger force than he expected. The Cheyenne fought alongside the Sioux, rather than against them. Custer and the men in his immediate command were killed; other U.S. soldiers at the battle survived, so this does not mean every U.S. soldier there died.

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