Battle of the Rosebud

This battle occurred just shortly before the Battle of the Little Big Horn occurred, and not too far away. Around 2,500 American soldiers and hundreds of their Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow and Dakota allies, under General George Crooks command, were ordered to invade to conquer, the Montana lands of the undefeated Iron Confederation, and not to bring back rebel Arapaho, Cheyenne and Dakota’s to their Reservations. They had already been subjugated of course. What was of the utmost concern of the Iron Confederation, was how to defend themselves from the American machine guns and howitzers which, of course, required a strategy. In the battle they fought against the Americans who had superior weapons, we know that they planned well in advance of the battle, because if they had not created a strategy, their casualties would have been far more than what they were. Crooks Indian allies found the warriors of the Iron Confederation, and in fact, got into a battle with them, which then led to the Americans getting involved in the battle. It was the Indian allies of the Americans who prevented the Iron Confederation from defeating the 1,050 soldiers of the American military force under Crooks command. A detachment of eight companies of American soldiers who had been ordered by Crook to find and destroy an nearby Indian camp, arrived to reinforce the American soldiers and their Indian allies, and that led to the warriors of the Iron Confederation retreating from the battle they were winning.
Evidently the eight companies of American soldiers did not find the supposed Indian camp. The casualties of the Iron Confederation were almost 100, with 36 killed and 63 wounded. American casualties may have been around 84 with as many as 28 killed. It was a victory for the Iron Confederation, who would have easily defeated Crooks soldiers, if the Americans had no Indian allies and reinforcements. Although the Iron Confederation prevailed, we know that they wanted to completely destroy their hated enemies. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that time. Whatever strategy they used to defend themselves from the superior American weapons, obviously worked out well for them. What followed in the next major battle, was the most famous Indian-American battle ever. However, historians have deliberately fooled the Anishinabek. It was not the Dakota who fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, it was the Anishinabek. And they got their revenge for what their brave warriors had endured at the hands of the superior American weapons. Whatever strategy they used at the Battle of the Little Big Horn is but a mystery. And what a mystery it is!