My apologies bud, I know you didn’t, I was including in my response to you the originating poster’s assertion that the village was only a mile long.
Please accept my apology for the confusion. You were 100% correct in everything you said.
Separation of command can be an opportunity or a disaster. Custer wasn't lucky this time, but a certain Horsefaced Lt. (J.G.) who had left his river boat was.
Then there's always that Angel who pees in the touch hole of yer musket.
Back to the subject: What is the 'accepted' warrior strength of the Indians there?