In a letter written to his brother, U.S. Sen. John Sherman, Lt. Gen. William T. Sherman advocates either extermination or impoverishment for Native tribes.

In 2-1/2 years, Lewis & Clark traveled 6,000 miles and made contact with more than 70 Indian tribes on their journey to explore and map the great Northwest of the United States.

George A. Custer was no friend of the Cleveland Dealer newspaper, which, in September 1866, mocked him for continuing to wear his Brevet Major-General uniform from the Civil War. Post-war, Custer was relegated to his regular Army rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

Happy Birthday to actor Gary Cole, who portrayed George Custer in the 1991 ABC movie, ‘Son of the Morning Star.’

Confederate troops led by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early could not withstand a blistering attack by George Custer and the Union cavalry at Third Battle of Winchester on Sept. 19, 1864.

U.S. Secretary of State John C. Calhoun green-lit the Yellowstone Expedition of 1819 with the goal of establishing a fort at the mouth of the Yellowstone River in present-day North Dakota. They got as far as Nebraska before things fell apart.

Union First Lieutenant George A. Custer met President Abraham Lincoln following the bloody Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862.

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Who’s really buried beneath the Custer monument at West Point? One forensic anthropologist thinks the Army may have buried the wrong bones.

George A. Custer accompanied President Andrew Johnson on a speaking tour in September 1866 and bore witness to a riot during a stop in Indianapolis.

Brig. General George A. Custer catches a fragment from a Confederate artillery shell in the foot at the Battle of Culpeper Courthouse on Sept. 13, 1863.

Judge Daniel Stanton Bacon and Eleanor Sophia Page are married on Sept. 12, 1837. They eventually become in-laws of George Armstrong Custer.

The New York Times this week publishes ‘Fire May Unveil Mysteries of Custer,’ a look at the archaeological exploration of the Battle of Little Bighorn battlefield following a massive grass fire.

How about Austin Butler in the role of George Armstrong Custer? Big box office!

Anson Mills led troopers from the 3rd U.S. Cavalry in the Battle of Slim Buttes on Sept. 9, 1876, the first victory against Plains Indians following the Little Bighorn massacre in June.

Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Dakota Territory for the first time on Sept. 8, 1883. It started a love affair with the ‘rough and rugged’ Badlands.

Ely S. Parker of the Seneca Iriquois tribe was the first Native American to serve in a U.S. president’s administration.

Lakota war leader Crazy Horse is killed on Sept. 5, 1877, at Fort Robinson in present-day Nebraska.

Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie, wounded while fighting for the Union during the Civil War, was known among Indians as “Bad Hand.”