Did the U.S. Army find out who was selling rifles to the Lakota and Cheyenne Indians prior to the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Joe Manriquez (Whittier, California)
I ran this by Lee Noyes, former editor of The Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association. He writes, “To my knowledge, the federal government never prosecuted anyone for providing repeating (or any other) firearms and ammunition to the Lakota or Cheyenne tribes. This question has apparently not been researched. Nor have th
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