"Cheyenne Threat" Bronze, 40" High, Edition of 20
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"Cheyenne Threat" Bronze, 40" High, Edition of 20
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| The Battle of the Rosebud occured on June 17, 1876, and represented a strategic victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne against the United States military troops staged at the zenith of the Sioux War of 1876-1877. Before the confrontation, Cheyenne tribal medicine men supplied buffalo horns to warriors that were to be attached to their war bonnets rendering them bulletproof in battle. Since only 59 pairs were available at the time of the battle only 59 Cheyenne warriors rode into battle. The Indian victory at the Rosebud was a prelude to and directly led to a still greater triumph eight days later on June 25, 1876, when Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his immediate command were wiped out to a man by these same Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors who had opposed General Crook on the Rosebud. | |||||||||||
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