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Little Bighorn

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Little Bighorn
     n 1: a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn
          River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
          [syn: {Little Bighorn River}, {Little Horn}]
     2: 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 [syn: {Battle of Little
        Bighorn}, {Battle of the Little Bighorn}, {Custer's Last
        Stand}]
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