The bloody knife found death at the Battle of Little Bighorn
On June 25, 1876, a famous battle took place near Little Bighorn between Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Cavalry and the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indian tribes. That the 7th Cavalry was routed in battle and its ambitious commander fell with it is a fairly well-known fact. In addition to the regular American…