Custer's Last Stand (serial) the same year, the serial was edited into an 84-minute feature film, which was released under the same name. The serial follows multiple plot threads, centering on a "Medicine Arrow" taken in battle and a secret gold mine, in the lead up to the Battle of Little Big Horn. Commenting on the plot, Cline notes that this serial contains several historical characters in a purely fictitious setting. "The story rambled through a series of loosely connected plots and sub plots" leading to Little Big Horn. Custer's Last Stand was well received by action fans, regardless of its historical inaccuracies. Custer's
George Armstrong Custer attack on the Cheyenne encampment of Chief Black Kettle — the Battle of Washita River. Custer reported killing 103 warriors and some women and children; 53 women and children were taken as prisoners. Estimates by the Cheyenne of their casualties were substantially lower (11 warriors plus 19 women and children). Custer had his men shoot most of the 875 Indian ponies they had captured. The Battle of Washita River was regarded as the first substantial U.S. victory in the Southern Plains War, and it helped force a significant portion of the Southern Cheyenne onto a U.S.-assigned reservation. In 1873, Custer