Original sentence: Custer may have seen Reno stop and form a skirmish line as Custer led his command to the northern end of the main encampment, where he apparently planned to sandwich the Indians between his attacking troopers and Reno's command in a "hammer-and-anvil" maneuver.Historian Gregory Michno settles on a low number around 1000 based on contemporary Lakota testimony, but other sources place the number at 1800 or 2000, especially in the works by Utley and Fox.Some of the other participants in the battle gave these estimates:.The 1800–2000 figure is substantially lower than the higher numbers of 3000 or more postulated by Ambrose, Gray, Scott and others.The Indians may have fielded over 1800 warriors
Edited sentence: Custer saw Reno stop and form a skirmish line, and Custer led his command to the northern end of the main encampment, where he apparently planned to sandwich the Indians between his attacking troopers and Reno's command in a "hammer-and-anvil" maneuver.However, none of the above quoted authors were in the battle, and base their estimates on unknown factors.People who were in the battle gave these estimates:.The Indians fielded over 1800 warriors