Greasy Grass Ridge

Warriors ascended the large ravine behind this area pursuing Custer’s troops, while soldiers retreated through the ground to the front and right and Indians positioned themselves along the ridge to the left known as Greasy Grass Ridge. Archeologists discovered numerous Indian cartridge cases here. Curley, a Crow Scout, recalled that when the whole command was at Finley, the hill to the right and front, volleys were fired at the Sioux who were closing in. Kate Big Head, a Southern Cheyenne, said that on the south side, in the deep gulches and behind the ridges between the soldiers and the river, she found only Cheyennes and Oglalas.

Montana · United States