Which accounts do you think were more accurate, and why? (Use information directly from the sources themselves, and don’t forget to cite them properly!)

you need to read the following first hand accounts of the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Here are the accounts to read:

Little Bighorn Battle Coverage: The Louisiana Democrat (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82003389/1876-07-12/ed-1/seq-2/;words=dead+Custer?date1=1876&sort=date&date2=1876&searchType=basic&state=&rows=20&proxtext=custer+dead&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=2). (Alexandria, La.), July 12, 1876

Sitting Bull Tells the Story of the Fight (https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/05/07/98555099.pdf) New York Times (May 7, 1881)

Little Bighorn Battle Coverage: The Anderson Intelligencer (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026965/1876-07-13/ed-1/seq-2/;words=dead+Custer?date1=1876&sort=date&date2=1876&searchType=basic&state=&rows=20&proxtext=custer+dead&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=5). (Anderson Court House, S.C.), July 13, 1876

Galls account of The Battle of the Little Bighorn (https://web.archive.org/web/20140403151038/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/hh/1b/hh1o.htm) St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press (July 18, 1886)

Once you’ve read them, please answer the following questions in paragraphs of at least 7 sentences: (note- this is not an essay!)

1) Which accounts do you think were more accurate, and why? (Use information directly from the sources themselves, and don’t forget to cite them properly!)

2) How was descriptive language used to convey images of what happened? Use examples!

Be sure not to use any outside sources.

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