Introduction
The Horse Meat March was a grueling military campaign by the United States army during the summer of 1876. General George R Crook, who commanded over one thousand cavalry and infantry soldiers together with numerous Native American scouts, led it. The March took place in the Black Hills of the Dakota territories. It came in the wake of the defeat of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, commanded by George Armstrong Custer at Little Big Horn, and preceded the culmination of the great Sioux War of 1876. Sometimes known as the “Mud March” because of the severe rains, and sometimes known as the “Starvation March” because of the lack of food and supplies, Crook’s campaign is most commonly labeled the “Horse Meat March” because of the particular delicacy on which the troops subsisted. Morrow, Stanley J. Gen. Crook's Headquarters in the Field,. 1876. Photograph. Whitewood, South Dakota.
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