By June 1876 the Northern Plains were already aflame. Army columns chased Lakota and Cheyenne bands, and camps moved like clouds—one day beside a river bend, the next over the ridges. On June 17, near the Rosebud, warriors met in a running fight of dust, horses, and sudden bursts of fire. In Cheyenne memory that clash became “The Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.” That “girl” was Buffalo Calf Road Woman. When her brother, Comes in Sight, fell wounded, she did not wait for a protective wal

‘The Battle of the Rosebud’ by Andy Thomas. The battle took place along Rosebud Creek in the Montana Territory on June 17, 1876, and pitted U.S. Army troops (cavalry and infantry) together with Crow and Shoshoni allies against Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapahoe. #battlefieldguide #walktheground #historymatters | Walking The Ground