Moving Robe Woman (Tȟašína Máni) — The Hunkpapa Lakota Woman Who Rode Into The Battle Of Little Bighorn After Learning Her Brother Had Been Killed
Major Marcus Reno was sent to attack the southern end of the camp — the Hunkpapa circle where Moving Robe Woman and her family were — directly.
Captain Frederick Benteen was sent to scout the bluffs to the south, effectively removing a substantial portion of the regiment from the battle.
Custer took five companies — approximately 210 men — and moved north, intending to strike the camp from the other end.
The division of the force, against an enemy of unknown but clearly massive size, proved fatal.
DEEDS
The first contact between Custer’s force and the camp came not at the main battle but at a small cluster of tipis on the outskirts of the camp.
The soldiers found a small group of Lakota — a few individuals who had not yet moved to the main camp.
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