2006-09-05 10:14:31 · 7 answers · asked by ? 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There is an argument to be made on the statistics of the battle (namely number of soldiers killed or captured) that the Battle of Beaver Dams in 1813 against members of the Six Nations Iroquois was the worst defeat ever handed to the military of the Republic. Queenston Heights the year before was also a bad one, but that force was just over one third Iroquois so it could be discounted. Because these nations however were alligned with the British, this very often disqualifies these battles from consideration in such a field as you are discussing.
Beyond sponsered battles in the war of 1812, there is only one other: Little Big Horn. The big thing about Little Big Horn though is not so much the numbers of dead, but the image of it. The Sioux and Cheyanne crushed Custer in the last week of June 1876, but it made the eastern papers July 3/4 which of course was right in the middle of the republic's centennial. It was not taken well. Here, on the midst of the this great country's centennial one of their most popular and respected war heros had been cut down by a bunch of savages. It is very much for this reason that Little Big Horn is remembered as the worst defeat because of it's psychological impact rather than it actual material/manpower conditions.
2006-09-05 21:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by Johnny Canuck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I'm reading your question right, what was the worst military defeat by Native Americans?
This would be at the Little Big Horn River on June 26,1876 when General Custer and the 7th Calvary lost the battle. I do not want to call it a massacre as history records it, the battle at the Little Big Horn was just that- a battle. Custer was out numbered 10-1
when the Sioux, southern Cheyenne, northern Cheyenne banded together for all out war. Custer made one big mistake- He underestimated his enemy. There are plenty of books to read on this famous battle, I listed one for you to read.
2006-09-06 02:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by whitebuffalorider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worst defeat of US forces by Native Americans? Little Big Horn would be my guess.
2006-09-05 17:20:01 · answer #3 · answered by Rockin' Mel S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little Big Horn - where George Armstrong Custer made his land stand.
This was a defeat that shouldn't have been, if only Custer wasn't vainglorious & had listened to orders to wait for another unit to arive before commencing his attack.
2006-09-06 01:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure yet but I will look into it I am taking a class right now called Indians of the United States.
2006-09-05 17:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Kay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably Indian Gaming.
2006-09-05 17:19:27 · answer #6 · answered by Answers1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
do yo homework
2006-09-05 17:19:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋