In a previous article, it was related that during the Battle of the Washita, when troopers entered the Native American village, the warriors of the village quickly left it in order to seek other positions from which to engage in battle. The article went on to state that that the reason why the warriors left the village so quickly appeared to be because it offered little in the way of defense. There may be an another reason why the warriors left the village so quickly.

Another reason why the warriors at the Battle of the Washita left the village so quickly could have been that the troopers inside of it introduced the potential for friendly fire among the members of the village. This would have been dangerous for both combatant and non-combatant members of the village and made it more difficult for the village's warriors to fight the troopers. Thus, the potential for friendly fire within the village may have been one of the reasons why the warriors of the village sought positions outside of it from which to engage in battle.

After examining the ways in which troopers inside a village could affect a battle, and what happened during the Battle of the Washita, it seems to be even more likely that part of Custer's plan at the Little Bighorn was to try to enter the village. This may have resulted in the warriors of the village leaving it in order to continue fighting elsewhere, or they may have stopped fighting in general.

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