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Joel Elliott command and death

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Custer sent Elliot and his command to attack from the east but they were hit by warriors from the villages to the east.  Elliot and 15 other men were killed about here.

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Battle of Washita River

The Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (near present day Cheyenne, Oklahoma), part of a major winter encampment of numerous Native American tribal bands.

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