Battle Of Little Big Horn Essays - Plains Tribes, United States

Battle Of Little Big Horn Five springs ago I, with many Sioux Indians, took down and packed up our tipis and moved from Cheyenne river to the Rosebud river, where we camped a few days; then took down and packed up our lodges and moved to the Little Bighorn river and pitched our lodges with the large camp of Sioux. The Sioux were camped on the Little Bighorn river as follows: The lodges of the Uncpapas were pitched highest up the river under a bluff. The Santee lodges were pitched next. The Oglala's lodges were pitched next. The Brule lodges were pitched next. The Minneconjou lodges were pitched next. The Sans Arcs' lodges were pitched next. The Blackfeet lodges were pitched next. The Cheyenne lodges were pitched next. A few Arikara Indians were among the Sioux (being without lodges of their own). Two-Kettles, among the other Sioux (without lodges). I was a Sioux chief in the council lodge. My lodge was pitched in the center of the camp. The day of the attack I and four women were a short distance from the camp digging wild turnips. Suddenly one of the women attracted my attention to a cloud of dust rising a short distance from camp. I soon saw that the soldiers were charging the camp. To the camp I and the women ran. When I arrived a person told me to hurry to the council lodge. The soldiers charged so quickly we could not talk (council). We came out of the council lodge and talked in all directions. The Sioux mount horses, take guns, and go fight the soldiers. Women and children mount horses and go, meaning to get out of the way. Among the soldiers was an officer who rode a horse with four white feet. [This officer was evidently Capt. French, Seventh Cavalry.] The Sioux have for a long time fought many brave men of different people, but the Sioux say this officer was the bravest man they had ever fought. I don't know whether this was Gen. Custer or not. Many of the Sioux men that I hear talking tell me it was. I saw this officer in the fight many times, but did not see his body. It has been told me that he was killed by a Santee Indian, who took his horse. This officer wore a large-brimmed hat and a deerskin coat. This officer saved the lives of many soldiers by turning his horse and covering the retreat. Sioux say this officer was the bravest man they ever fought. I saw two officers looking alike, both having long yellowish hair. Before the attack the Sioux were camped on the Rosebud river. Sioux moved down a river running into the Little Bighorn river, crossed the Little Bighorn river, and camped on its west bank. This day [day of attack] a Sioux man started to go to Red Cloud agency, but when he had gone a short distance from camp he saw a cloud of dust rising and turned back and said he thought a herd of buffalo was coming near the village. The day was hot. In a short time the soldiers charged the camp. [This was Maj. Reno's battalion of the Seventh Cavalry.] The soldiers came on the trail made by the Sioux camp in moving, and crossed the Little Bighorn river above where the Sioux crossed, and attacked the lodges of the Uncpapas, farthest up the river. The women and children ran down the Little Bighorn river a short distance into a ravine. The soldiers set fire to the lodges. All the Sioux now charged the soldiers and drove them in confusion across the Little Bighorn river, which was very rapid, and several soldiers were drowned in it. On a hill the soldiers stopped and the Sioux surrounded them. A Sioux man came and said that a different party of Soldiers had all the women and children prisoners. Like a whirlwind the word went around, and the Sioux all heard it and left the soldiers on the hill and went quickly to save the women and children. From the hill that the soldiers were on to the place where the different soldiers [by this term Red-Horse always means the battalion immediately

Erosion and Deposition essays

Erosion and Deposition essays Erosion and deposition, two actions that shape the world. Without them, earths landscaping would be similar to mars. Erosion is often confused with weathering, people believe that erosion is the act of breaking down sediments when in fact it is a mode of transportation for these broken down sediments. Such modes of transportation are; running water, glacial movement, and wind. Erosion by definition is, the process by which earth materials are moved by natural agents like moving water, wind and ice. Deposition is the depositing of theses sediments in certain areas. for example wind deposits sand on any object where it continues to be deposited and forms a sand dune a large deposit if sand. erosion and deposition happens in many ways in forms and in many places. Running water is the most effective agent of erosion on the earth. running water includes all water that falls on earth and moves down hill under the pull of gravity, be it rain, snow or any other form of precipitation. like other agents of erosion, waters energy comes from the sun. The sun lifts water by evaporation and eventually it is redeposited all over the world. A key word to running water is carrying power. the carrying power of any source of running water is indicated by the amount and size of the sediment in the water. some other key words are, slope, and velocity. The greater the slope of the bed of a stream, the greater the velocity (or speed) the water will have, then the greater the carrying power and in turn the greater the erosion. running water erodes surfaces by a force called abrasion. Running water breaks up its bedrock by a grinding action called abrasion. the body of water will use the sediments its carrying, (pebbles, sand, gravel, boulders), as cutting tools to wear away at anything in its path. A river will roar straight down a mountain carrying anything in its path because the mountain is on a slope, the...