Little Bighorn

Little Bighorn
    n 1: a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn
         River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
         [syn: {Little Bighorn}, {Little Bighorn River}, {Little
         Horn}]
    2: a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between
       United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of
       Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by
       Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux
       forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was
       killed along with all his command [syn: {Little Bighorn},
       {Battle of Little Bighorn}, {Battle of the Little Bighorn},
       {Custer's Last Stand}]