Little Big Man Little Big Man Little Big Man (Lakota: Wičháša Tȟáŋkala), or Charging Bear, was an Oglala Lakota, or Oglala Sioux, who was a fearless and respected warrior who fought under, and was rivals with, Crazy Horse ("His-Horse-Is-Crazy"). He opposed the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie and fought against efforts by the United States to take control of the ancestral Sioux lands in the Black Hills area of the Dakota Territory. He also fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn in the Montana Territory in 1876. Late in life he decided to cooperate with the White conquerors and may have been
Battle of Perryville (Indian Territory) named McAlester. Businesses that had stayed in Perryville moved to the area of the station. This marked the end of Perryville. The site is now the location of Chambers, Oklahoma. Battle of Perryville (Indian Territory) The Battle of Perryville was a battle of the American Civil War on August 23, 1863 in what is now Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Perryville was an important town in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, about half way between Skullyville and Boggy Depot. during the mid 19th Century. It was established as a trading post by James Perry, member of a Choctaw family, about 1838, and