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On this site, the junction of Big and Little Goose Creeks, General George Crook, with 15 troops of cavalry, 5 companies of infantry, 1325 men and 1900 head of transport animals, headquartered. Joined by Indian allies, the Crows under chiefs Old Crow, Medicine Crow and Plenty Coups, and Shoshoni under Washakie, he battled 2500 Sioux 40 miles northeast, on the Rosebud, June 17. Defeated, Crook returned here, occupying these valleys, awaiting reinforcements which arrived in August. He then united with General Alfred Terry’s army, which included remnants of Custer’s 7th Cavalry, to campaign in Montana. Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, Frank Grouard, noted western characters, were with this expedition.
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