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Meanings of battle of little bighorn in English

Portuguese
batalha de little bighorn
Catalan
batalla de little big horn
Spanish
batalla de little big horn

A battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command.

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        The Little Bighorn River flows through the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana.
        Pubmed
        2
        His confidence proved ill-founded at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
        The Irish Times
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        He'd be doing his impression of Custer at the Little Bighorn by now.
        Flesh Eaters
        4
        The Battle of the Little Bighorn, for example, at first seemed an overwhelming win for the Sioux.
        Reuters
        5
        Alternatively, as I say, I had the choice of driving on across Montana to Little Bighorn, where Custer came a cropper.
        The Lost Continent
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        His confidence proved ill-founded at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The Battle of the Little Bighorn, for example, at first seemed an overwhelming win for the Sioux.
        Reuters
        3
        After the battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull would have probably won any popularity contest in northern Virginia without serious competition.
        Rebel Raider
        1
        Now the space was illuminated with Stalinist klieg lights and looked like Custer's Last Stand.
        The Descent
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        Dustin Hoffman on the set of Little Big Man, in which he played Thomas Berger's 111-year-old survivor of Custer's Last Stand.
        The Guardian
        3
        Crabb claims to be the only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand, and tells of encounters with virtually every legendary character of the Old West.
        The Guardian
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