The analysis of cartridge cases showed that the warriors were armed with a wide variety of weapons, including repeating rifles that in some respects outperformed the Army’s standard-issue Springfield carbines.

The image of warriors armed only with bows and arrows — or with outdated weapons — does not match the physical evidence.

This armament picture is relevant to understanding Moving Robe Woman’s actions.

She was riding into a battle in which both sides were armed with firearms as well as traditional weapons.

The fight in the Hunkpapa camp zone was not the kind of romanticized hand-to-hand combat that later paintings and films depicted.

It was a firefight as well as a melee, chaotic and lethal.