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by the Sioux
A tribal group of Native Americans/First Nations from the area of the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska in the US, and Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada.
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Scalped at Little Big Horn
Battle of Little Bighorn on the shores of the Little Bighorn River in Montana, June 25-26 1876. US 7th Cavalry Regiment under Col. George Armstrong Custer was decisively defeated by a coalition of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors, 5 of the regiment's 12 companies were completely destroyed. Often referred to as "Custer's Last Stand."
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in the 7th, '76 or '77
7th US Cavalry Regiment, formed in 1866. Sometimes known as "Garryowen" for its adoption of that marching tune.
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I's with Custer
American Cavalry Commander, brevetted to Major General in the Union Army during the War of Northern Aggression (often erroneously termed the "Civil War"), reverting to Captain after that war. Eventually attained rank of Colonel, in command of the 7th US Cavalry, which he later led to disastrous defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
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I'm a Cossack on the run
Eastern Slavic/Southern Russian tribes of horsemen, famed as cavalry for the Russians, Poles, Lithuanians, etc. Appeared sometime during the 14th-15th Centuries CE.
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on a dun
A horse with a specific form of coloration, often tan, with mane and tail darker than the body coat, and a dark stripe down the back.
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I'm a dragoon
Originally referred to mounted infantry, although later the term included light cavalry.
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I'm a wretched Englishman
Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo
Reference to the role of British Cavalry in the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815.
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I'm a Hun
A nomadic tribe of horsemen, migrated approximately from the Mongol Steppes, appearing in the Caucasus/Eastern Europe about the 1st Century CE.
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I'm a hussar
Light Cavalry troops, first appeared in Hungary in the 1400's.
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