JANUARY QUIZ

All of the answers to these questions can be found in the links on the Little Big Horn page.
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Answers BLACK

What river did the Little Big Horn flow into ?
 Missouri Yellowstone Big Horn Powder

What did the Lakota call the Little Big Horn ?
 Big Muddy Fat River Crow River Greasy Grass

Some days before the battle which indian had a vision of soldiers falling into the camp ? 
Gall  Crazy Horse  Two Moons Sitting Bull

What rank did George Armstrong Custer hold in the regular army ?
General  Major  Lieutenant-Colonel  Captain

What type of U S soldiers took part ?
Infantry Artillery Cavalry Mounted infantry

Who lead the first charge on the indian village ?
Benteen  Custer  Reno  Keogh

Custer's favourite indian scout Bloody Knife was killed in the first attack ?
What tribe was he ?
Crow  Shoshone  Arickaree  Pawnee

What time of day did the Custer fight take place ?
Dawn  Morning  Afternoon  Evening

What did Custer ask for in his last written note to Benteen ?
Artillery Packs Reinforcements Horses

According to indian reports how long did it take to wipe out the Custer detachment ?
As long as it takes to... kill and skin a bufallo/  break a colt /  hold a sundance /  smoke a pipe.

Who led the column which relieved Reno and Benteen
Crook  Sheridan  Miles  Terry

Finally when E-mailing answers give your reasons why you think the campaign ended in disaster for the army.