Thanks, I'm listening to a podcast about little bighorn and I wanted to find a quick visual reference to help me visualize the battlefield. This was perfect!
I’ve been reading about the battle for decades, finally visited the site last Summer. Amazing place, I was surprised at the size of the battle. It was spread out over 3-4 miles. There is definitely a feeling that you are on hallowed ground. Compliments to the park service. It is not to be missed...
The lack of scale of the battle seems to be the number one factor when people say that Reno-Benteen COULD have ridden to Custer's rescue. I tell them to imagine that, after you just barely got out of one scrape, you're ordered to ride three miles right through a hornets' nest of Indians. That way would have been purely suicidal.
Don't apologize for the bugs it's just the season out there I love Montana I've been there three times in the last 4 years when I go back next year this is definitely one of the places I'm going God bless Montana👍👍
Emotional sight. My father is in that graveyard. My Mom use to ride up by horseback back and collect arrowheads when she was a girl. She is eighty years old now. The saddest thing is that this famous battle should have never happened... And there were not any markers for the people that won that battle for as long as long ago it happened. Thanks for sharing.
The National Cemetery there (Behind the museum) ? Did not have time to visit it due to elderly companion with me (NOT that I AM young either Hope to go back next year)
I am in Australia too but I am leaving at the end of the month never to come back I am going back to Europe where I come from so I will have chances to see the site of The Little Big Horn...I am just watching SON of the Morning star or Custer last stand...once more So many people have died since the beginning of humanity! I wonder if some beings in another Universe are watching shaking their heads and thinking "those humans beings are crazy!!!: I am glad you are showing the graves of the Natives too...they were defending their land and way of life...
Thank you so much for sharing this , there is no way I will ever get to The Little Big Horn to see it for myself as I live in Tasmania Australia so again many thanks for sharing this vision.
He was also the best as a swashbuckler pirate, Robin Hood, Don Juan, Master of Ballenrae, etc etc. Mom, my aunts& grandma LOVED the guy, they'd drool like St.Bernard's. Haha. (Well, not QUITE that much)
Never say never, Until your time is up . Maybe something will come your way , to you , and never might be maybe. Go northwest , than . There's much very Interesting that a way
4:04 A friend and I followed the path down to the Myles Keough site in September, 2019. It was a cold and drizzly day and very little traffic. We heard voices up above us and we figured it was traffic up on the road. Nobody was there. This is a lonely, beautiful and a haunted place if there ever was one. God help me, I love it. Put this on your bucket list.
In awe regarding all those head stones. So many men that died. Beautiful surroundings where this battle took place. I can imagine how tough the winters could be there / I am Swedish. Thank you for this upload.
I’m not sure if you realize this, but the part of the video showing the head stones in perfect rows is the national cemetery with in the site. There are veterans from several time frames buried there thus the reason there are so many grave stones.
One of the many places I would like to go and see if I ever get to visit the U.S. Thanks for sharing and giving us an idea of how the landscape might have looked at the time.
Wow I didn't know it was that big of a memorial, your in the actual battlefield land area where the Famous battle of Big Horn taken place,seriously thanks for sharing with us your awesome history tour of this area, thumbs up👍🏅🏅🏅
I am a modern Apache Indian. During the late 1800s, many of my relatives from that time were scouts for the US Army. General Crook was so impressed with their service that he wanted his inidigenous scouts to have the right to vote which was a radical idea at the time. There were clusters of renegades on some parts of my family - most notably the Apache Kid. But mathematically, most Western Apaches were scouts by the 1880s. The large bulk of colonial wars of Apaches and "European Colonists" occurred with Colonial Spain over 400 years - first with Spain then Mexico. The Spaniards had policies of genocide and slavery against much of the indigenous populations. The last known shootout between Apaches and Mexico occurred around the 1930s. Mexico had a Spanish Casta or caste system where Apaches were at the bottom - usually designated as slaves or to be killed off. Mexico has a horrifying racist history of atrocities against Apaches. So, in the year 2000 I was an Apache visiting the Little Bighorn Battlefield. I had never seen the area before. Like many tourists, I was interested in seeing the site and listening to park rangers. I strolled around the historical markers and came across the graveyward. A racist middle-aged white man began making racist remarks against me while speaking with his son who appeared to be about age 10. The man was clearly fantasizing about having me killed with a modern battle tank. I did not want to engage in a scene with serious racial tension in front of a 10 year old child. So, I just walked away. But that incident was horrifying with extreme vitriolic racism. The racist white man had no idea that (1) my tribe is not even from Montanta but Arizona and (2) the majority of my relatives around the late 1880s were scouts for the US Army. Some of those Apache scouts earned the Medal of Honor and were largely responsible for Geronimo's capture. The US Military Service of Apaches continues into modern times. I have had relatives who served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, etc. One of my in-laws died while serving in a scouting unit as an LAV gunner for the US Marines in a prelude to Operation Desert Storm. He was a modern Apache Scout. I am not a veteran but have many relatives in my Apache family. So, I did a study on Agent Orange while studying public health in graduate school at Florida State. I gave a presentation on the dioxin and built a molecular model and discussed the history of its use in VIetnam. So, the racist white man who wanted me killed with a modern war tank was just way ouf of line. Nowadays, I carry an iPad most everywhere I go since I am a corporate engineer with six master's degrees and working on a Phd in Artificial Intelligence for computer science. If I run into a racist white man like that again, I'll just film the evidence and let it go viral. The bigot's hatred towards me was totally misdirected. Even General Crook would have disagreed with him.
RollTide1987 the Indians weren’t going to capture. Why is there always someone who has to put a little pro trump or anti trump jab into everything? Well, since you started it, we all know trump never had to fight or worry about being captured. When you make a concerted effort to stay away from battle, that’s called a coward. While young men were dying trump was at home and daddy was patting his head. I personally don’t like cowards.
Actually the documentary i seen, has proof they didnt go out in a " blaze of glory". Its showed at the end they were hunted down like the animals they were. No last stand here as they want us to belive. More like Smashed on site
Excellent video. Thank you for posting. I especially enjoyed the time taken to illustrate areas other than Last Stand Hill. We've been trying to decide if we should take the time to detour to LBHNM, as our trip to YNP is limited to a week. This will help us decide.
Personally when I see this it makes me sad for all lost this shouldn't of taken place especially for the natives, so emotional yeet thank you for sharing this from New Zealand 🌏🌈
SEE you embraced the speed limit before entering the site Any Magpies? Any Rattle snakes?Saw several there when I was there in May. Only saw the graves within a half mile of museum Hope t go back next year to see it all (My Uncle did not want to stay too long) Also a reservation is near by as well so I am told
Facts?? Custer deserted his regiment and was suspended for leaving the field to see his wife. He left Major Eliot and his platoon to die abandoned at the Washita. He deserted Reno ("I will support you" with the whole outfit") at LBH. He refused to take repeating (kept single-shot rifles) , refused Gatling guns, and refused extra cavalry troops. He refused to wait to meet the other units. He ignored what his scouts said. He ran his horses into the ground. And, oh yeah, he divided his forces into 4 (Pack train. Reno, Benteen, Custer himself). He forced his men to buy from his own store. Greedy glory hunter.
Just finished watching THE WEST - a 9 episode documentary ..... This battle, of course, was part of the documentary. My heart broke as I watched the entire series (I'll save the details). I will be traveling to Montana (by motorcycle) next week ..... This will definitely be one of my stops. I want to stand where they fought so bravely to defend their land. I want to be still and listen to the wind. I want to think about Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull as they led their warriors into battle..... I want to imagine what it was like before the roads, the highways and the fences................. and the white man.
So what happened to the 25 women shot in the beginning of the fight? Their story got dropped fairly fast from the great Custer Last stand stories! Maybe they attacked the soldiers or something? Jeez!
Yeh, read the history and follow the timeline, Custer was a pompous fool , hard on his men and equipment and believed more in his own reputation instead of what was in front of his eyes!
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I found the battlefield purely by accident; I happened to be passing through. So glad I found it though; what a chance to see history.
philip cho lucky you
Thanks, I'm listening to a podcast about little bighorn and I wanted to find a quick visual reference to help me visualize the battlefield. This was perfect!
I’ve been reading about the battle for decades, finally visited the site last Summer. Amazing place, I was surprised at the size of the battle. It was spread out over 3-4 miles. There is definitely a feeling that you are on hallowed ground. Compliments to the park service. It is not to be missed...
The lack of scale of the battle seems to be the number one factor when people say that Reno-Benteen COULD have ridden to Custer's rescue. I tell them to imagine that, after you just barely got out of one scrape, you're ordered to ride three miles right through a hornets' nest of Indians. That way would have been purely suicidal.
Don't apologize for the bugs it's just the season out there I love Montana I've been there three times in the last 4 years when I go back next year this is definitely one of the places I'm going God bless Montana👍👍
So you like lbh battlefield. You should see it like an injun.
Hi. Thanks for the tour - it gave me a good idea regarding the lay of the land.
God Bless...
Emotional sight. My father is in that graveyard. My Mom use to ride up by horseback back and collect arrowheads when she was a girl. She is eighty years old now. The saddest thing is that this famous battle should have never happened... And there were not any markers for the people that won that battle for as long as long ago it happened. Thanks for sharing.
The National Cemetery there (Behind the museum) ? Did not have time to visit it due to elderly companion with me (NOT that I AM young either Hope to go back next year)
Your Absolutely Correct I should of taken place very sad I'm from New Zealand 🌏 so so for your lost, hopefully your
In better spirits and living well
I am in Australia too but I am leaving at the end of the month never to come back
I am going back to Europe
where I come from so I will have chances to see the site of The Little Big Horn...I am just watching SON of the Morning star or Custer last stand...once more
So many people have died since the beginning of humanity! I wonder if some beings in another Universe are watching shaking their heads and thinking "those humans beings are crazy!!!: I am glad you are showing the graves of the Natives too...they were defending their land and way of life...
Thank you so much for sharing this , there is no way I will ever get to The Little Big Horn to see it for myself as I live in Tasmania Australia so again
many thanks for sharing this vision.
Errol Flynn, who played Custer in most notable version of story, was I believe from Tasmania. Nice one degree of separation.
He was also the best as a swashbuckler pirate, Robin Hood, Don Juan, Master of Ballenrae, etc etc. Mom, my aunts& grandma LOVED the guy, they'd drool like St.Bernard's. Haha. (Well, not QUITE that much)
Never say never, Until your time is up . Maybe something will come your way , to you , and never might be maybe. Go northwest , than . There's much very Interesting that a way
They died with their boots on Custer's waterloo
4:04 A friend and I followed the path down to the Myles Keough site in September, 2019. It was a cold and drizzly day and very little traffic. We heard voices up above us and we figured it was traffic up on the road. Nobody was there. This is a lonely, beautiful and a haunted place if there ever was one. God help me, I love it. Put this on your bucket list.
Sure!
In awe regarding all those head stones. So many men that died. Beautiful surroundings where this battle took place. I can imagine how tough the winters could be there / I am Swedish. Thank you for this upload.
I’m not sure if you realize this, but the part of the video showing the head stones in perfect rows is the national cemetery with in the site. There are veterans from several time frames buried there thus the reason there are so many grave stones.
One of the many places I would like to go and see if I ever get to visit the U.S. Thanks for sharing and giving us an idea of how the landscape might have looked at the time.
Wish he showed the Deep Ravine. I stood there, alone, in 2019, and was very humbled.
They were the best mounted cavalry ever on tough little horses. Visit the site, it was a rifle fight turned into hand to hand.
Best on the native side...karma
Great Video. I`m planning a trip to Montana and Wyoming next year and this place is on a list of "Must See`s".........Thank you for sharing....
DEFINETLY WORTH the trip also ty to fit in SD as well was there in May hope tom get my vids up at some point
A very lonely place for dying
You under estimate the ability of the Souix warriors and the fact they had lots of guns and were on their own turf and were mostly healthy.
Wow I didn't know it was that big of a memorial, your in the actual battlefield land area where the Famous battle of Big Horn taken place,seriously thanks for sharing with us your awesome history tour of this area, thumbs up👍🏅🏅🏅
I am a modern Apache Indian. During the late 1800s, many of my relatives from that time were scouts for the US Army. General Crook was so impressed with their service that he wanted his inidigenous scouts to have the right to vote which was a radical idea at the time. There were clusters of renegades on some parts of my family - most notably the Apache Kid. But mathematically, most Western Apaches were scouts by the 1880s. The large bulk of colonial wars of Apaches and "European Colonists" occurred with Colonial Spain over 400 years - first with Spain then Mexico. The Spaniards had policies of genocide and slavery against much of the indigenous populations. The last known shootout between Apaches and Mexico occurred around the 1930s. Mexico had a Spanish Casta or caste system where Apaches were at the bottom - usually designated as slaves or to be killed off. Mexico has a horrifying racist history of atrocities against Apaches. So, in the year 2000 I was an Apache visiting the Little Bighorn Battlefield. I had never seen the area before. Like many tourists, I was interested in seeing the site and listening to park rangers. I strolled around the historical markers and came across the graveyward. A racist middle-aged white man began making racist remarks against me while speaking with his son who appeared to be about age 10. The man was clearly fantasizing about having me killed with a modern battle tank. I did not want to engage in a scene with serious racial tension in front of a 10 year old child. So, I just walked away. But that incident was horrifying with extreme vitriolic racism. The racist white man had no idea that (1) my tribe is not even from Montanta but Arizona and (2) the majority of my relatives around the late 1880s were scouts for the US Army. Some of those Apache scouts earned the Medal of Honor and were largely responsible for Geronimo's capture. The US Military Service of Apaches continues into modern times. I have had relatives who served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, etc. One of my in-laws died while serving in a scouting unit as an LAV gunner for the US Marines in a prelude to Operation Desert Storm. He was a modern Apache Scout. I am not a veteran but have many relatives in my Apache family. So, I did a study on Agent Orange while studying public health in graduate school at Florida State. I gave a presentation on the dioxin and built a molecular model and discussed the history of its use in VIetnam. So, the racist white man who wanted me killed with a modern war tank was just way ouf of line. Nowadays, I carry an iPad most everywhere I go since I am a corporate engineer with six master's degrees and working on a Phd in Artificial Intelligence for computer science. If I run into a racist white man like that again, I'll just film the evidence and let it go viral. The bigot's hatred towards me was totally misdirected. Even General Crook would have disagreed with him.
At least after his terrible blunder, Custer had the decency to go out in a blaze of glory. I personally like the heroes who aren't captured the best.
RollTide1987 the Indians weren’t going to capture. Why is there always someone who has to put a little pro trump or anti trump jab into everything? Well, since you started it, we all know trump never had to fight or worry about being captured. When you make a concerted
effort to stay away from battle, that’s called a coward. While young men were dying trump was at home and daddy was patting his head. I personally don’t like cowards.
Lighten up, Francis. It was a joke.
Snapper Organs
So Obama and Clinton were brave?
Actually the documentary i seen, has proof they didnt go out in a " blaze of glory". Its showed at the end they were hunted down like the animals they were. No last stand here as they want us to belive. More like Smashed on site
everyone knows.... CUSTER COMMITED .. SUICIDE..... and Trump stepped across the DMZ.. alone.. without security... duhhhh
Who respects the past guarantees the future...beutiful !
Helga Zimmermann not true
Excellent video. Thank you for posting. I especially enjoyed the time taken to illustrate areas other than Last Stand Hill. We've been trying to decide if we should take the time to detour to LBHNM, as our trip to YNP is limited to a week. This will help us decide.
Great video, thank you for sharing.
thank you tim,
I'm going to Billings Montana for work on Monday to Friday I'm going to try to make this trip if you think it's possible
Personally when I see this it makes me sad for all lost this shouldn't of taken place especially for the natives, so emotional yeet thank you for sharing this from New Zealand 🌏🌈
Wonderful place!
Preserving history!
This is pure HISTORY you are so lucky I'm jealous 😥😥😎😎🤯🤯
SEE you embraced the speed limit before entering the site Any Magpies? Any Rattle snakes?Saw several there when I was there in May. Only saw the graves within a half mile of museum Hope t go back next year to see it all (My Uncle did not want to stay too long) Also a reservation is near by as well so I am told
Facts?? Custer deserted his regiment and was suspended for leaving the field to see his wife. He left Major Eliot and his platoon to die abandoned at the Washita. He deserted Reno ("I will support you" with the whole outfit") at LBH. He refused to take repeating (kept single-shot rifles) , refused Gatling guns, and refused extra cavalry troops. He refused to wait to meet the other units. He ignored what his scouts said. He ran his horses into the ground. And, oh yeah, he divided his forces into 4 (Pack train. Reno, Benteen, Custer himself). He forced his men to buy from his own store. Greedy glory hunter.
He was over confident. Ultimately his biggest failing.
You're not a fan of Custer, are you?
Wonderful narrative
Just finished watching THE WEST - a 9 episode documentary ..... This battle, of course, was part of the documentary. My heart broke as I watched the entire series (I'll save the details). I will be traveling to Montana (by motorcycle) next week ..... This will definitely be one of my stops. I want to stand where they fought so bravely to defend their land. I want to be still and listen to the wind. I want to think about Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull as they led their warriors into battle..... I want to imagine what it was like before the roads, the highways and the fences................. and the white man.
It is QUITE the experience
thank you!
great video.
Maybe you could clean off the splattered bugs and then re-make that part of the film.
Well Custer got what he deserved
don't u just hate SILENT documentaries..????
What is the big secret? What roads do I drive from S W Washington state to find Custer's battlefield?
I-5 to Seattle, and stay on I-90 to SE Montana. Take the Crow Agency exit. Follow the signs.
So what happened to the 25 women shot in the beginning of the fight? Their story got dropped fairly fast from the great Custer Last stand stories! Maybe they attacked the soldiers or something? Jeez!
Yeh, read the history and follow the timeline, Custer was a pompous fool , hard on his men and equipment and believed more in his own reputation instead of what was in front of his eyes!
LMAO... bug splatter... been there done that lol on a motorcycle.
Dispiace per i soldati non per Custer,,,,, un criminale
That's a lot of dead yanks
Bugs are miniature guided missiles, ya know...just sayin'.
I wonder if this monument will be removed soon?
Thanks for leaving out the obnoxious music.
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Gee. I wonder what happened here?
Custer assassino
I'd like to go there and dig up the graves to see if I could find some memorabilia.
That's horrible. It's also a crime.
Custer un criminale...altro che eroe..