Custer's 1874 expedition

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Black_Hills_Expedition
gptkbp:commander gptkb:George_Armstrong_Custer
gptkbp:documentedIn Newspaper correspondents
William H. Illingworth (photographer)
gptkbp:endDate August 30, 1874
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Custer's 1874 expedition
gptkbp:includes gptkb:scientist
journalists
photographers
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Black_Hills_Gold_Rush
increased tensions with Native Americans
gptkbp:location gptkb:Black_Hills,_Dakota_Territory
gptkbp:notableEvent first official U.S. military expedition into the Black Hills
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees about 1,000
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:partOf Great Sioux War era
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:explorer
search for gold
establish military presence
gptkbp:resultedIn discovery of gold
violation of Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
increased white settlement
gptkbp:route from Fort Abraham Lincoln to Black Hills and back
gptkbp:startDate June 8, 1874
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_H._Illingworth
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7