 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waNovember 27, 1868, somutevedzeri womutungamiriri muHondo yeRwizi rweWashita, Elliott akaparadzana nomuviri mukuru kuti atange kudzingirira vaIndia vaitiza. Major Elliott, Sergeant Major Walter Kennedy, uye vamwe varwi gumi navatanhatu vakaurawa ndokukanganiswa mitezo. Achityisidzirwa nokurasikirwa nenhungamiro yake yokurwisa uye kurwisana neuto guru zvikuru ravaIndia vakanga vari kusvika, Custer akasiya nzvimbo yacho asingazivi mugumo wavarwi vake namapoka. 