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Did you know... that three years before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer faced the forces of Sitting Bull in battle at Honsinger Bluff?

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Battle Box

This page could do with a battle box and/or a template similar to this one:

193.195.193.195 (talk) 09:09, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested move

The name "Battle of Honsinger Bluff" doesn't appear to be used in any of the sources in this article. It seems to have been made up by the article's creator, "AdmiralBuckets", whose only work on wikipedia was related to this event. However aside from the title, most of the information in the article is true. I believe "Battle of Yellowstone" is the correct name to give this incident. This name has been used by several reliable sources (e.g.: [1] [2]). Comments anyone? RG (talk) 22:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is no "correct" name for this engagement. Historians and scholars don't call it anything in particular. The normal thing to do when a military encounter has no commonly accepted name is to give it a neutral designation, like "Action of August 4, 1873". That should have been done here, particularly since calling it a "battle" is term inflation. This was a skirmish at best. 2600:1700:4420:24A0:CC31:74C5:4A0D:C7B6 (talk) 06:54, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

the lodge of Sitting Bull

"The Native American forces were from the lodge of Sitting Bull", apart from being physical nonsense ('band' or 'encampment' would be more helpful)- this statement implies that Sitting Bull was a leader or otherwise had authority within the Hunkpapa Sioux.

It is now generally accepted that rather than being a war leader, Sitting Bull while advocating militant resistance to encroachment by Europeans, was primarily a religious leader (or if you like 'medicine man,' in C19th parlance) whose visions and utterances were given great credence within the Lakota Sioux, particularly three years later when, so we are told, he had prophesied American soldiers falling already dead among the lodges of the Sioux.

The most accurate statement one can make for the purposes of this article is that Sitting Bull was present (or believed to be) in the Sioux camp. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JF42 (talk • contribs) 12:07, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

the lodge of Sitting Bull

"The Native American forces were from the lodge of Sitting Bull", apart from being physical nonsense ('band' or 'encampment' would be more helpful)- this statement implies that Sitting Bull was a leader or otherwise had authority within the Hunkpapa Sioux.

It is now generally accepted that rather than being a war leader, Sitting Bull while advocating militant resistance to encroachment by Europeans, was primarily a religious leader (or if you like 'medicine man,' in C19th parlance) whose visions and utterances were given great credence within the Lakota Sioux, particularly three years later when, so we are told, he had prophesied American soldiers falling already dead among the lodges of the Sioux.

The most accurate statement one can make for the purposes of this article is that Sitting Bull was present (or believed to be) in the Sioux camp.JF42 (talk) 12:10, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]