On June 24 Pawnee Killer led a dawn attack on Custer's camp, wounding a sentry. There followed a parley between Custer and his officers and Pawnee Killer, Pole Cat, Fire Lightning and Walks Underground. Neither side was able to learn the plans of the other, and an Indian effort to separate the officers from their command was thwarted. Later Captain Hamilton and forty troopers, pursuing a decoy war party, rode into an ambush seven miles northwest of the camp but fought their way out, killing two warriors.
Custer's supply train of sixteen wagons, returning from Fort Wallace, Kansas, was attacked near Black Butte Creek, Kansas, and killed several Indians. Lt. Kidder, ten troopers and scout Red Bead, carrying orders from Fort Sedgwick, Colorado, missed Custer's camp and were killed near Beaver Creek. Their mutilated bodies were found and buried by Custer on July 12.
The flamboyant career of General Custer ended on the Little Big Horn, Montana, June 25, 1876.
| HM Number | HM1I3S |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 22 |
| Placed By | Dundy County Historical Society & Nebraska State Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, December 1st, 2014 at 5:01pm PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14T E 283042 N 4435056 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.03785000, -101.54295000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 2.271', W 101° 32.577' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 2' 16.26" N, 101° 32' 34.62" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 308 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near US-34, Benkelman NE 69021, US |
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