Sioux was the Battle of the Little Bighorn, often known as Custer's Last Stand, the most storied of the many encounters between the U.S. army and mounted Plains Indians. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of US forces, was the most significant action of the
Thomas Bailey Marquis the property. He began publishing his own pamphlets for sale at the museum and the Custer battlefield. Titles in 1933 were: "Sketch Story of the Custer Battle", "She Watched Custer's Last Battle", "Custer Soldiers Not Buried", and "Which Indian Killed Custer?", in 1934 "Sitting Bull and Gall the Warrior", and in 1935 "Two Days After the Custer Battle". In December 1933, Marquis began his last book, "Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand". Marquis considered this his most important work – the subject was his central interest and he regarded much of his previous