These were not people who had withdrawn from American political reality.

They were people asserting rights that the American political system had recognized and then moved to eliminate.

THE WINTER CAMPS AND THE PURSUIT

After the camp on the Greasy Grass dispersed in late June 1876, the bands that had gathered there went their separate ways.

The great collective that had won Little Bighorn became individual bands, each following its own path through the summer and into the fall.

The U.S.