Reno’s Retreat

Under mounting pressure, Reno abandoned the timber, and his retreat disintegrated into a rout as pursuing warriors rode in among the troopers, killing more than 30 soldiers while suffering few casualties. Lakota and Cheyennes drove the cavalry across the river and up the steep bluffs to the left, then, after receiving word of other soldiers downstream to the right, left Reno to meet the new threat to their village.

Crow Agency, Montana · United States