Little Bighorn Battlefield Ranger Talk
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2021
- August 26, 2021 -- This was a great talk by the park ranger at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.
I split up the 5-mile drive from the visitor center to the end of the road (Reno-Benteen Entrenchment Trail) across the video, so it is out of sync with the ranger's talk.
I found this 6 part series about Custers Last Stand one of the most informed and detailed I’ve ever heard
It’s a great listen …
This was part 1
ruclips.net/video/gZUkdYFw1qY/видео.html
Thanks for sharing
dawfaw3123
If you were informed, you wouldn't call it Custers last stand
I live near the Battlefield and it still moves me every time I visit.
dawfwa123
Back in the late 70's, myself and family took a trip, by RV, out west. We made the farthest circle of the trip to the Little Big Horn. It was truly a great trip for all of us, seeing many historic places that we figured we would never see again. At the Little Big Horn we just followed a path which showed many head stones, and overlooks. This Ranger Talk we did not utilize, may have been that there was none, but I have to say this YT video was, to me, one of the best discriptions of what happened that I have ever heard. I would love to return and attend a Ranger Talk, he amazed me at how he learned his information so well, and delivered it in such a gripping way. Thank You for this video, it was so informative to me.
You're welcome and thanks for watching and commenting. Your walk was probably at the end of the road at the Reno-Benteen Battlefield.
In all war there are few good guys but the Sioux and Cheyanne that day were more in the right then the troopers who attacked their village and their families
Agreed. Here's a good article on the topic
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1868-two-nations-made-treaty-us-broke-it-and-plains-indian-tribes-are-still-seeking-justice-180970741/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20the%20U.S.%20Supreme,land%20was%20never%20for%20sale.
Good point
Yep. They were protecting their families and home that were being attacked. Who wouldn't? Troops got what they asked for basically. Very imperfect humans doing their best trying to make their way through a difficult life. Cant fairly judge anyone then from our perspective now.
@@Sleepy_Alligator then as it is now, the troops were following orders and paid the price for the flawed logic of their leaders.
Yea, but the land didnt belong to Soux. I do beleve the land belong to Crow.
A truly excellent rendition from the Ranger and some great video to accompany his oration. Thanks to you both.
Thanks for watching. This one was a pleasure to share
Great commentary and presentation. In person this is bone chilling.
Agreed. The ranger knew his stuff.
Rewatching. One of my favorites! 🇺🇸
It has almost 150,000 views! That ranger was a boss
Went there after being discharhed from the US Army in July 1968. At that time the area was wide open. There were no grave sites or cement paths. You followed beaten down dirt trails with small flags indicating were brave men fell. Scattered through out the field were bullet casings from the battle. There were signs asking visitors please do not remove anything from the site. There was no paved parking lot or visitor center that I recall. There were no other visitors there that day. It struck me as a lonely place to die surrounded by a much larger force, which is usually the case in all America's battles. The American fighting men are the bravest on the planet.
AMEN TO THAT RICHARD I WAS 1975 TROOP C 9TH CAV ARMOURED CREWMAN 52 BRAGADE
Not brave men. Mostly brutes who would have enjoyed raping and burning and murdering. Then fighting for their own survival
I came home wounded in May 9, 1969. My best friend had been torn in half by a 152mm shell. We were both in the kill zone, and the top half of his body hit me, rendering me completely deaf, and breaking some bones. Surgery at the Mayo Clinic restored about half of my hearing.
Thank you so much for sharing this. My main interest is in the Anglo Zulu war of 1879, and I was a movie extra in the film Zulu Dawn, which depicts the battle of Isandlwhana where the Zulu army inflicted the most humiliating defeat against 19th Century British Colonial forces. There are many parallels in these famous conflicts - one in rural USA, the other in rural South Africa - where a determined native force defeats a much more powerful opponent in battle - only to hasten their eventual destruction.
Some day I hope to visit Little Big Horn, and your film has made me even more determined to do so.
I bet that was an interesting experience. Thanks for watching
@@PatsTravels The move "Zulu Dawn" had a cast of some of the world's most notable actors - Peter o'Toole, Burt Lancaster, Michael Ward, Denholm Elliot, Dai Bradley, Bob Hoskins... and many others. The closest pub to the movie set was in the village of Babanango, and we would drive some of these actors to the pub in a mini-bus and then join them for drinks. Michael Ward, Bob Hoskins and Denholm Elliot became good "chums" in the 6 weeks we spent on the set. A decade later (1987) I visited the UK and got in touch with Bob Hoskins and had a quick drink and snack with him in a London bistro. By that time, he'd become a more famous actor, but was as charming and humble as he'd been when we met 10 years earlier. All the above actors are now deceased, sadly, and as I approach my 70's I increasingly cherish the opportunity to not only have met such fine people, but taken part in a really wonderful film.
I was able to watch the movie on RUclips and I can see the parallels with the exception of the Zulus being able to keep their land. Thanks for sharing your story.
@@PatsTravels The Zulus were "permitted to live there" following their ultimate military defeat in July 1879 at the battle of Ulundi. In reality, "Zululand" became part of the British Colonial Empire, and because other parts of South Africa were soon to be found with untold riches in diamonds and gold, the British focused on getting control of the areas where these riches were located. Zululand had little or no mineral wealth, and was a convenient place for the British to have the Zulus live - as it kept them away from any claim to the wealthier areas of the country.
The history of Southern Africa is complex... just as is the history of North America - but in both cases, the indigenous people were conquered and deprived of not only their lands, but their culture and ways of life.
@@brunosmith6925 thanks for the additional history on this
This was a very interesting video to learn more about custers last stand- aka little bighorn..we went there in 2016 but i did learn more listening to this scout...and he sounds like the late great wilford brimley...love that voice sincerely...thank u for posting this...
It is a big commitment to watch this, so thank you!
Excellent. The Park Ranger was an incredible guide and host. Very engaging. Well done Pat.
He was incredible. I know there are a lot of different theories about what happened on the battlefield, and his take might not be agreed to by others; however, you have to give him credit for the amount of knowledge he does have on the topic.
@@PatsTravels that's the case with most of the park rangers. And it is nice that he says that it's his opinion of what happened which is awesome.
When I was there, there was about 3 foot snow, it’s nice to see it in this season. Very thought provoking and unbelievable that this battle was fought as it was… very spread out
I am so glad I wasn't there with 3-ft of snow 🤣. Thanks for watching
Thank you Pat, I got questions answered about the sequence of the battle that I found confusing in some other talks.
The park ranger was pretty awesome. I should have asked if he worked any of the parks back east where he lives
we visited a few years ago. I loved it. Thanks for a very informative video
Thanks for watching. That ranger was fantastic.
We were there in June 2016. A very interesting place to visit. Just passing through and being short on time, I took many pictures of all the monuments and panels to read later. I could visualize the events taking place and it was very sobering.
Thanks for watching. I usually take pictures of signs to read later as well 😅
Thank you for such an informative narration & the beautiful scenery.
It was my pleasure to share this ranger's talk. It was too good to keep to myself
Best I have ever heard. I've been to the battlefield and took the three-hour tour it was informative but not nearly as in depth as this Rangers presentation.
Thanks for watching. I was mesmerized by his talk
I'm from Ireland and this is the one place in the US I want to visit more than anywhere else. Incredible story.
Yellowstone and the Grand Teton national parks are to the west and the Black Hills are to the east, so the battlefield is a great stopping point between the two. I am sure you will have a great visit when you make the trip. Ireland is on my bucket list. I need to get there one day.
@@PatsTravels Absolutely would love to visit those National Parks. America has the best national parks in the world, Yellowstone being the first in the world.
I hope you do come to Ireland. It's a fun place and the culture will amaze you.
Excellent presentation by the Ranger!
Agreed
And one has got to remember that this land is vast, the weather was very hot at this time of day, and there was no way to communicate positions of the companies of Custer, Reno, Benteen. There could only have been suppositions of locales. Mistakes were made. Custer was an arrogant commander that had no idea of the number of warriors he was up against. The native warriors had bow and arrows that were superior to the army single shot carbines, in that 3 or 4 arrows could be shot in the time to cycle a rife round, plus there were many Henry repeating rifles in the hands of the natives, principally out "gunning" the army troops.
Yes, visiting the battlefield brought a whole new light to the expanse of the battle for me. Thanks for commenting
Also, Custer had ridden his troops hard right up to when they came upon the encampment. They weren't eating much except hardtack, bacon and coffee. Extreme fatigue and untreated injuries. They were beat when the time to fight came. They were also not trained very well. Most of the new recruits were immigrants who had just arrived in the States just a few months previously. Imagine getting off a boat on the east coast, joining the military for some quick cash, and three months later you're getting killed on a grassy knoll by natives.
@@togglemonkey thanks for watching and adding more context to the story
@@PatsTravels My friend, there is a song put out by Mr. Tim O'Brien called Mick Ryan's Lament. It is from a killed 7th Cav trooper's perspective about the whole Little Big Horn endeavor. It is worth listening to and giving the content a lot of thought about the nature of oppressing people and war. Bob in Montana
@@robertshorthill6836 found it. Thanks. "Ah, but Michael he somehow got turned around
He had stolen the dream that he thought he'd found." Indeed
The Sioux and the Cheyenne represent the TRUE AMERICAN DREAM
Freedom above everything else.
Really?? They attacked and took land over decades from other Tribes…. American dream??
Only they didn't gain shit shortly after the battle of little bighorn the Cheyenne and Sioux were crushed and forced back onto reservations and also losing land
It's widely believed that Custer was wounded when they went down to cross the river and were quickly turned around in Medicine Tail Coullee. The hunk papa White Bull said many of them saw Custer wave his hat to Reno and waited for him in the lateral ravines. Custer was shot then and brought to last stand hill wounded.
Also Custer had cut his hair the night before so that no one could recognize him so his king golden hair never became a Sioux or Lakota trophy in the Smithsonian.
The bullet to the head was likely self inflicted.
Good job you’ve done a really good job. I was just there this this year for the anniversary and I I’m a tattoo artist from Lebanon, Ohio and I tattooed Custer’s last oral dictated letter. I guess his last letter for bent bring packs be quick a tattoo that on my leg around the time, it was supposedly written at a spot it was supposedly written at, great time I will be back again 26
Wow, that is a pretty slick souvenir. Nice job on the creativity as I am pretty sure no other tourist can say the same 😅
Big Village,, bring packs, be quick make all speed.
The blue coats began to run down the gulch like panicked buffalo heading for the river
but they had asked for it and we were giving it to them.
Begging for reprieve but our hearts had enough and not a soldier remained standing before our anger.
Why send Custer ahead, all three columns could have met on the 26th, then proceeded together from about 20-25 mile out. Just saying
Thanks for watching!
Very good video. Thank you so much for sharing this. Thumbs up ~John
My pleasure. He was too good not to share. Thanks for watching.
This was wonderful thank you. You deserve more subs
Thanks for watching. Feel free to share and thanks!
I haven't been back there in many years. But, when I was, in a glass case was Benteen's diary, and using turning still thingies, you could turn and read his pages. I believe Kelogs was in the case too....but anyway, some of the things in the diary...well...I would have been mad enough to have attacked myself about things that had happened
I don't remember being able to flip through the diary's pages. I probably should have stopped back in the exhibit area after listening to the ranger's talk and making the drive through the battlefield as I would have been better able to appreciate the exhibits
@@PatsTravels May not even have them any more...they were very worn as well as fragile. But they did contain some shall I say "evidence" as to some of the many reasons the Indians were so upset
Awesome Video! Thanks for filming it!!!!! "Hurray Boy's! We've Got 'EM"!!!!!! ; )
Thanks for watching. It was my pleasure sharing as this ranger was quite passionate about the topic
@@PatsTravels I've been a Custer Buff as long as I can Imagine... It's a fascinating bit of American History.... Those Rangers do a great job... Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg Maryland is an excellent Ranger led tour as well! ; ) Thank you again!!!
@@Sherman1862 I have paddled through Antietam. It was a somber float for sure. I will make sure to catch the ranger talk during my next trip to the area.
Thanks for sharing. Interesting and well done.
Thank you and thanks for watching
Can you blame Sitting Bull an the Sioux for being angry!
Heck no. Custer took the fight to the Native Americans, not the other way around
@@PatsTravels yes but the reality is nothing good came from this for the Sioux they were quickly defeated forced back onto the Reservation and after the Sioux and Cheyenne surrendered the Cheyenne were forced into Indian territory aka Oklahoma and the Great Sioux Res was broken up with the US annexing the black hills
@@alexmason2659 true, the defeat galvanized the US Government response
The finest description of this battle I have ever heard
Yes indeed, the ranger was awesome. I wish I had written down his name.
Thank You When I Was There Last Year On Memorial Day I Had My GF And My Dog It Was Hell With The Dog She Kept Crying Everytime I Step Out Of My Truck To Film Or Take Pics I Will Like To Tell You I Took A Few Screenshots Because Alot Of The Posters I Missed I Do Plan On Going Back Again This Time With No Dog I Do Suggest Not Bring You Pets To The Park Because There Only One Pet Area And You Can't Walk You Dog or Dogs Inside The Park Also There Are Rattlesnakes In The Park So If Anyone Does Go Stay On The Trails If You See A Snake Don't Kill It Or Remove It Leave It Alone...Thanks For Your Video I Enjoyed It Alot
You're welcome. Between the interpretive signs and audio track via cell phone, there is a lot of information to digest at this park.
The dogs can smell death and sin . It's not the dogs fault .
Greasy Grass BattleField.
Yes indeed
Good afternoon Pat.
Howdy Dennis. You're back! Have a great evening!
@@PatsTravelsBack for another listen!
@@dennis78382 you will be able to give this speech yourself pretty soon. Thanks for watching and good morning!
It was Half Yellow face , one of Custer's Crow scouts who said "If we go down there you and I are going home today by a road we do not know". Come on Mr. Ranger!
I think it was Bloody Knife , an Arikara , Custers most importand Scout.
best narrative of Custers last stand i have ever heard
I was mesmerized by this ranger. Others must have been as well given the number of views for this video. I have no idea how it has gotten so many views.
Guess Eminent Domain applies then , as well as today!
Thank You very informing
Thanks for watching. Yes, he was quite informative
i was there 106 years to the day was so sad
Their was a show called battle field detective they got permission to scan the battle field an mark any casing and bullets to then have them all examined with modern technology
An what the were able to do was trace the movement of the warriors across the battle field with the spent shells an show it on a map of the battle
That would have been quite interesting to see
That Ranger telling the story didn't use any notes or other props. He knows it all from memory how it unfolded complete with the probable movements & WHY they moved to those places. He didn't go into the details of how those soldiers were mutilated because the
Indian tribes feared they would come back in after life. So the dead bodies were hacked & brutalized taking off legs / arms / eyes gouged out so if they came back in afterlife they would be disabled. Incapable of fighting again.
Yes, he was remarkable to do such a detailed speech off-the-cuff
President Grants middle name is not Simpson.
"Grant's father wrote to Representative Thomas L. Hamer requesting that he nominate Ulysses to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York. Despite political differences with Jesse Root Grant, Hamer, a Democrat, nominated his 17-year-old son to West Point in spring 1839.[23] Grant was accepted on July 1, although he doubted his academic abilities.[24] Hamer, unfamiliar with Grant, submitted an incorrect name to West Point. On September 14 Grant was enlisted Cadet "U.S. Grant" at the national academy.[25][d] His nickname at West Point became "Sam" among army colleagues since the initials "U.S." also stood for "Uncle Sam"."
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing
And during the Civil War, "U. S." became "Unconditional Surrender " Grant after his victory at Fort Donaldson.
When can I take the shuttle and listen to this person tell the story ?
This ranger's talk was at Last Stand Hill. There are private shuttle operators though, see www.nps.gov/libi/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm
I DROVE FROM MISSIPPI ITS WAY FAR
What camera was used to record this video?
It was a GoPro. Either the 9 or 10. It has been a good camera for me. Thanks for watching
Information on the Wounded Knee Battle would balance out the Custer thing!!! Just commenting.
So why could we not get along 😢
Great question, especially since there was a treaty in place; however, the allure of gold was too much for the white man to honor their commitment to the natives. We see the same thing in today's society, whether it be race, religion, politics or pick a topic. Very concerning to say the least. Thanks for watching.
L A K O T A !
Thanks for watching
I liked the presentation...but it seemed like he had done the same presentation a dozen times before that day.
No doubt he has given the talk dozens of not hundreds of times; however, he still seemed quite passionate to me
Great battle good outcome......
Reno had about 175 men with him? The numbers don't add up. If Custer had 5 companies with roughly 210 men...that means each company was about 40 men. We know Reno had 3 companies so 3 times 40 would be 120 which doesn't come close to 175 so I don't know how he got that.
Interesting point and I wish I knew the answer
There were roughly 35-45 Indian scouts with Reno. Who were to secure/ scatter the 15,000+ strong pony herd. I have a feeling they were like kids in a candy store picking and choosing their own personal new horse?
The correct answers : Custer 210 ; Reno 140, Benteen 125, pack train commander 150. Total was about : 625. Hope this helps.
My Great Grandfather was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
He was camping in the next field and went over to complain about the noise 😂
😂🤣
normally the victors write the history not here though strange
Good point and one I had not thought about
Forever lasts 5 years
Should have never broken up all the men
Yes, huge mistake and the order to recombine the forces came too late to be of any good.
Merci infiniment.
de rien
Great story telling 👍
The ranger was awesome
Absolutely, not like the movies,where there are trees everywhere!
I love American history .
ME TOO
The Indians were smart they new the area
Their battlefield tactics were clearly superior. Thanks for watching
A lot of drivin' not much seein'.
WHOAWHIVH WAT DID YOU GET THERE IT WAS MILES THROUGH DESERTES
Was this park ranger a Native American himself? Hard to tell..
No, I do not believe he was. I talked to him later in the day and I had wondered the same thing
@@PatsTravels thank you
@@PatsTravels ....Usually if you're not sure ,that means he's a breed. Got an Indian walk tho.
The winner of the battle rights the history
That's usually the case, except in this instance as it was white history recorded in the history books
maybe i am wrong but i heard on a history channel program that the word sioux was a word the crow called them meaning something like eniemy because one of the crow chefs said they the sioux killed our braves and stoled our land and squas
I believe Sioux is derived by a longer French word meaning "snake," as coined by their traditional enemy, the Ojibway.
Actually, it’s what the French trappers called them. It’s French for snake. Derogatory name.
I enjoyed this video until the bit where; "Custer did not cross the river", he had to cross the river in order to "support" Reno, i.e. via a pincer movement through the camp.
He attempted to cross the river but was shot in the chest (through a lung .... not a fatal wound but a very debilitating one), falling from his horse midstream, the attack was stopped immediately, so that they could recover his body.
They returned to the river bank, the indians were approaching fast and the PANIC began to get to the high ground.
Some troopers were still mounted in Medicine Tail Coulee, they were in mortal danger if they stayed in that place, so they left their horses, scrambled up the steep sides of the coulee and ran after their retreating force on foot. The troopers from the coulee were soon overrun, (as was the skirmish line soon after), they began shooting each other and committing suicide, some ran back through the attacking indians screaming, either throwing their guns to the ground or firing into the air.
They were all killed because the indians had no concept of surrender, (they thought the soldiers had gone mad, and they were right; mad with fear), and why should the indians have accepted surrender?!
The problem, is that the army (government) must have their "Custer's Last Stand", but it is highly unlikely that Custer did any standing after he was shot at the river.
Maybe he was able to fire at the attackers from Last Stand Hill, but he was probably sitting, or lying.
Archaeology supports the indian accounts and not that of the white men. It was a ROUT but NEVER a "massacre".
It was Sitting Bull himself who stopped his men from wiping out the Reno - Benteen defence site, he thought they had done enough to warn the government. Had he known that another force of troopers was only 2 days away, things would have been different; they could have got Custer's supplies & ammo and wiped the whole damnded lot of them out, now THAT would have been GREAT!.
Custer was just an "instrument" of the government, making (and breaking) treaties with indians meant nothing to him, he was a "Glory Hound", he disobeyed General Terry's order to wait for the main force.
And what did they trey to do? .... blame Custer's death on Reno!.... typical army .... lies, lies, and more lies.
If Custer did indeed have a "last stand", it was probably 6" long with an arrow through it.
You've clearly studied this battle. Hopefully you've also seen the podcast series in the comment I pinned. I've learned a lot since leaving the battlefield and appreciate the comments
👍per i pellerossa!
Yes indeed, thumbs up for the American Indians
We stopped here in 2019 on our way to Yellowstone.
I wish this guy was there telling this history.
One question I have and doubt I will never get an honest answer:
If the Chippewa "ran off" the Sioux in the Upper Mississippi area and the Sioux then "ran off" the Crow in the plains and Black Hills - understanding that "ran off" = kill and enslave why are whites hated over essentially doing the same thing? (minus the slavery)
Good question. There apparently was plenty of hate between the tribes as well. I do believe a big difference is the white man didn't live in harmony with the land we took and instead viewed it as something to be exploited. I just traveled through the coastal redwoods and it really hit home with me. How could a man who might be on this earth for 75 years rationalize chopping down a tree that had been there for over a thousand years?
@@PatsTravels Well the natives didn't exactly live "in harmony". They exploited the land and it's creatures just as much.
Nomadic hunting could just as easily be called nomadic exploitation. Once the food moves (is gone) you move.
I get what you're saying about the trees but killing a buffalo or elk for their meat hides or bones to make a home, clothes weapons and tools and chopping down old, sometimes gigantic trees to build wagons and homes or for heating seems about the same me.
Putting today's standards on the people settling the country 150 or 200 years ago is unrealistic since you had to survive any way you could.
@@usa91787 yes, I agree it isn't really fair to judge people of the past by today's standards. We unfortunately have plenty of current examples from the extraction industries to show not much has changed.
Your Ranger 'commentator' needs to understand that 1000 men does not an army make! 1000 soldiers is typically about the standard compliment of a battalion. Three battalions gets you a regiment. Three of those gets you a division and three to seven of those gets you an army. So, to summarize, the US military sent something less than a regiment of soldiers into the Little Bighorn to confront the Sioux.
"What are we gonna do, Let's but the Black Hills back!"
-It was an economic "collapse" of 1873...with hay money was the Government going to "buy back" the Black Hills?
Amazing on June 25,1876 the troop for George A Custer was fighting a war with temps in the 100 degrees. So much with the bull about climate change. June July August temps are summertime temps, HOT. HOT HOT
It’s always been hot and cold at different times. But I do believe climate is changing, I don’t believe it’s a man made reason as much as normal rotation.
PALEFACE SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME. GOOD FOR THE RED MAN
I have met Crazy Horse 4th grandson Feddy, most of what is said of Crazy Horse is not all ture.
I'm not surprised. History books present one side of the story. It would be good to have a balanced viewpoint.
And was Feddy there???
To Lennie Lefler, my mistake, it is Floyd Clown Sr. CRAZY HORSE 4th grandson telling the oral accurate story of truth. everything he says has been proven to all the bodies of every soldier accounted for which is 263 and 250 Cheyenne and Lakota Warriors that fell on LITTLE BIG HORN. when they did the excavation they could not find the bodies of the 9 soldiers that Floyd told them about because the equipment was set on top of theis bodies. when they moved the equipment, they found the remaining bodies of the soldiers that accounted 263. if you can log on youtube and type in [CRAZY HORSE The Lakota Warrior's Life & Legacy The Edward Clown Family as told to WILLIAM B.MATSON ] Scroll down to the videos and in some of them you will see and hear him mention some of the stories of the Battle of LITTLE BIG HORN and the MASSACRE at WOUNDED KNEE. They also show a live Document of the excavation on the site as Floyd and the team walk showing incrediable finds. Thank you for your patience as it took for me to reply.
I doubt they know now where it actually happened and where people fell.
Other soldiers came later to identify and bury the dead. There have also been archeology digs to narrow down where the fight happened. The ranger did say much still isn't known about the battle though
Q: What were General Custer's last words?
A: "OOWWWWWW!!!!!!"
Same joke applies to Abraham LIncoln, among many others.
So let me ask. Where are the memorials and headstones for all the Lakota and Cheyenne that fell that day?
The theft of this supposedly honorable country is one of the worst war crimes in the history of the entire world..
Genocide to a whole people the true owners of this land starving them out by killing off their food source the Buffalo by hired mercenaries prophets for scalps of the Indian.
Wars are not right or wrong
They are only perception to those that believe and or are propagated
There is a memorial for the Native Americans on the site as well as a few headstones. There wasn't a good accounting of the Native American dead and it is a best guess through oral history as to who died fighting to protect their lands. My trip through the Black Hills was somewhat eye opening and it is clear there were so many wrongs perpetrated against the Native Americans.
@@PatsTravels yes the Black Hills was stolen the U.S. broke the treaty
@@bradrook3919 an interesting point I learned while there was the Sioux nation refused to take the money offered by the government following the Supreme Court ruling in 1980. They want the land back, not the ~$1.5B the fund is worth today. Reference: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hills_land_claim
AGAIN ALL OVER GOLD DUST AND CUSTER WANTED TO USE WOMAN AND CHILDREN AS SHIELDS
History is fickle. Fifty years after this battle, the US basically stole Texas and the Southwest from the Mexicans. However, not a tear was ever shed for these people. I guess we value legacy of the Natives, more than Mexicans.
The Sioux came from the Siberia//Far East area originally and crossed the Bering Bridge about 15,000 years ago The Sioux later moved from the Minnesota area to the Badlands, and forcefully took land from other tribes….. sound familiar?? So portraying Indians as always being the victims is not entirely true…and they therefore aren’t really- Native Americans…As for Custer and the 7th, he didn’t wait for all the back up that were going to meet him
Yes, Crow and Arikara scouts helped Custer because they wanted the Sioux out of their lands.
Custer had the option of using a couple of GATTLIN GUNS , but figured his Troops were Formidable enough to take the INDIANS! .
And you know this how?
@@davidpallin772
cause it is a historical fact. Go look up the history of the Lakota people. The Lakota defeated the Cheyenne taking the Black Hills from them in 1776. The Cheyenne had taken them from the Kiowa first.
From 1775 to the 1850s the Lakota Sioux smashed all their enemies to become the most powerful group on the plains. After they pushed the Cheyenne west they allied with the Northern CHeyenne & Arapaho. They destroyed the Mandan, Arikara & Hidatsa tribes & took control of their areas in North Dakota. They kept expanding west into the Powder river area which was Crow country, defeated them & dominated them by the 1840 & 1850s, . They the went after the Pawnee destroying them & burning their villages as well.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn & may other Sioux-US fights took place in *CROW* country.....land the Sioux had taken from them. There is a reason that all Custer's scouts (& army scouts in the area), were all crow's & arikaras...they knew the land perfectly.....because it was THEIRS....&.they hated the Sioux, who had taken THEIR land. They hoped to get their land back....& eventually when the Sioux were defeated the Crows *DID* get their land back. Simply look at a Google map today. Search for "Crow REservation" there you will see its borders. In it you will fid the Little Bighorn BAttlefield National Monument.
@@USCFlash yes the Lakota were as worse as the White men the reason the lakota try and play the victim today is because their once powerful lakota empire was quickly destroyed by the US
Why do you refuse to admit that Custer was killed crossing the river!?! They metal detected the whole battlefield and never found one of Custer's spent cartridges which were different than everybody else's! His weapons were slightly more powerful, his horse was bigger and more powerful then everybody else's, he was all about power. Why no cartridges?
Interesting comment. I recorded the video and am not the park ranger. I bet he would have been interested in discussing the topic though
@@PatsTravels The Indian version has Custer killed at the river. Ifound out about the metal detecting from the history channel. I read somewhere about his weapons calibers and his horse. Indians say that Custer was coming full force to cross the river. Shots were fired, a body fell into the river and four men retrieved it. The attack stopped immediately and they retreated up to the bluffs. I have always wondered why they didn't go back to the South to join Reno or Benteen. We have hindsight to look at. Custer had an offensive mind and he never thought about defense. At Gettysburg he attacked Jeb Stewart's Calvary head on while Stewart was trying to flank the Union army and hit them in the center rear on the last day. He was outnumbered 10 to 1, other units joined in and they turned JEB Stuart back. He just has no defensive mind at all. He is not going to sit on a hill waiting for help!
@@billschnelzer9943 really interesting take. Given no American soldiers survived the last stand on that hill, it is likely those who followed painted the picture in the most favorable light they could. I am sure the park ranger would have loved to debate the merits of this alternative theory for Custer's death.
Terry's and the survivors of the Reno and Benteen command found a dozen and a half brass cartridges on June 27th and 28th from George Armstrong Custer's Remington rolling block sporting rifle, found around and between the bodies of Tom Custer and his older brother George who were within10 feet of one another. All the brass cartridges were quickly gathered up by troopers as battlefield souvenirs, as they were different in size then the troopers Springfield trap door Calvary carbines. All the troopers knew that George Custer was the only one of the 7th Calvary who had a Remington sporting rifle with him, so the brass cartridges were highly valued, even though the Remington rolling block sporting rifle was the second most popular rifle with the Buffalo hunters. It packed a wallop and was very accurate over a long range. The rifle was quickly picked up by a Lakota or Northern Cheyenne, and was never turned in or discovered.
@@mjbachman3027 I hear you but I don't see any proof....
I find it ironic that Custer fought with the Yankees to "free the slaves" because you know "humanity" and yet they go west and butcher Indians or herd them onto reservations. Yeah makes a lot of sense. I'm glad Custer got what he deserved.
OK we know about Custer and his last stand. But Where's the markers for the Fallin natives?? Why are only the whites honored here and not the rest?? How many natives were murdered here?? Who were they?? Why only tell part of the story??
The Spirit War Memorial honors the Native Americans and is shown in the video. The ranger did address your other questions. The resting places and number of Native Americans who died in the battle is largely unknown as their bodies were removed by the tribes who didn't keep written records. Despite that, there are a few individual markers and the walls of the Spirit War Memorial documents the others known to have died there.
There is a book I purchased a few months ago at the Park by Frédéric C. Wagner III titled "Participants in the Battle of the Little Big Horn". Gives Biographical data (known) on ALL participants. Very informative.
The place of Squaw Killer Custers end ! A great victory for Crazy Horse and his braves. Squaw Killer , this name whas given by the Cheyenne indians to Custer. They know about the reason !
The Indians had done a great job there ! Red Power !!!
You definitely can't argue about the result. Unfortunately, instead of leaving the land to the Native Americans, the government reacted with force
The suicide boys werent unbeknown AT ALL... they held a damn parade and dance for the boys the night before. the whole damn village honored them.
Black hills belong to the Kiowa
I can definitely understand your point given what I've read about their time in the Black Hills.