In June 1876, the column of General John Gibbon and Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, both under the command of General Alfred Terry, met near the mouth of Rosebud Creek aboard the steamer Far West. They were under orders to locate and attack the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians and force them back onto their reservations. Terry ordered Custer to lead the Seventh Cavalry up Rosebud Creek and follow a fresh Indian trail found by a scouting party under Major Marcus Reno. Terry and Gibbon were to proceed to the mouth of the Bighorn River and follow it up to the valley of the Little Bighorn, where they believed the hostile Indians would be found, and Custer was expected to contact Gibbon so the two columns could cooperate in the attack. As Custer left the Far West, Gibbon told him not to be greedy and save a few Indians for the rest of them. Three days after the meeting, on June 25, 1876, Custer reached and attacked the Indian camp on the Little Bighorn, where thousands of Indian warriors annihilated the 210 men under his command, while Major Reno and Captain Benteen's command survived the battle.