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La Batalla del Río Washita (también llamada Batalla del Washita o Masacre de Washita) ocurrió el 27 de noviembre de 1868 cuando la Séptima Caballería de los Estados Unidos del Teniente Coronel George Armstrong Custer atacó el campamento South Cheyenne de Black Kettle en el Río Washita.

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They were the most isolated band of a major winter camp along the river from numerous Native American tribal bands, numbering in the thousands. But Custer's forces attacked his village because the scouts had tracked down a group that had raided the white settlers and passed through it. Black Kettle and his people had been at peace and were seeking peace.

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Custer's soldiers killed women and children as well as warriors, though they also took many captive to serve as hostages and human shields.

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Black Kettle (Cheyenne: Mo'ohtavetoo'o) [1] (c. 1803 - November 27, 1868) was a prominent leader of the Southern Cheyenne during the American Indian Wars. Born in the North Só'taeo'o / Só'taétaneo'o band of the North Cheyenne in the Black Hills of present-day South Dakota, [2] He later married into the Wotápio / Wutapai band (mixed Cheyenne-Kiowa band of Lakota Sioux origin) from southern Cheyenne.

Black Kettle is often remembered as a peacemaker who accepted treaties with the United States government to protect his people. On November 27, 1868, while trying to escape the Battle of the Washita River with his wife, he was shot dead by soldiers of the 7th United States Cavalry.

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George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 - June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. After the war, Custer was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular Army and was sent west to fight in the Indian Wars. On June 25, 1876, while leading the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory against a coalition of Native American tribes, he was killed along with the five companies he led after dividing the regiment into three battalions. . This action was idealized like "The last battle of Custer".