Sioux war council ill-fated due to limited follow-up of plans

Notes

In his book on Crazy Horse and Custer, Stephen Ambrose tells of the 1857 war council held by the Sioux tribes. They were concerned with the whites who were moving into their country in ever greater numbers. At the council there were from 5000 to 7500 Sioux from all but one of the Sioux nations. All of…