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林肯於1864年5月26日劃分了蒙大拿地區
在這片我們現在稱為蒙大拿的廣泛土地上住著許多美國原住民部落族群：克洛族 (Crow) 、夏安族 (Cheyenne) 、黑腳族 (Blackfoot) 以及平頭族 (Flathead) 等等。瑪利威瑟‧路易斯 (Meriwether
Lewis) 和威廉‧克拉克 (William
Clark) ，是首批把他們穿過路易西安那領土到達蒙大拿之旅、詳細記錄下來的白人探險家，後來有更多拓荒者來到這裡。美國軍隊與防禦家園的原住民之間的衝突戰鬥經常發生。在這些戰鬥之中，最有名的一次是發生在1876年6月25日，也就是在所謂的「小大角羊之戰」 (Battle
of the Little Bighorn) 期間，達科塔族 (Dakota，Sioux) 與夏安族擊敗喬治‧庫司特 (George
Custer) 所率領的正規軍的事蹟。
Numerous Native American tribes lived in the vast area of what we
now call Montana: the Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Flathead, and more.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were the first white explorers to
document their journey through the lands of the Louisiana Purchase, but
more settlers followed. Combat between U.S. military and Native
Americans defending their land became frequent. Perhaps the most famous
of these battles occurred in Montana on June 25, 1876, when the Dakota
(Sioux) and Cheyenne defeated General George Custer's regular army
during the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last
Stand.
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