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Custer's 7th: Bloody Knife, The Indian Warrior Who Fought and Died for Custer
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2024
- Bloody Knife was an enemy to his father's people, the Hunkpapa Sioux, and a friend to the U.S. Army and George Custer.
Why?
We pick up where we left off in Part I, just before the Black Hill's Expedition of 1874, and explore how that summer campaign paved the way to Custer's Last Stand...
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Suggested reading:
Bloody Knife: Custer’s Favorite Scout, Ben Innis, edited by Richard Collin
Exploring with Custer: The 1874 Black Hills expedition, Ernest Grafe & Paul Horsted
Kaleidoscopic Lives: A Companion Book to Frontier and Indian life, by Joseph Henry Taylor
Kaleidoscopic lives; a companion book to Frontier and Indian life : Taylor, Joseph Henry, 1845- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, Jerome Greene
Where the Rivers Ran Red, Michael Donahue
The Arikara Narrative of Custer’s Campaign, Orin Libby
Jay Cooke’s Gamble, M. John Lubetkin
Gall: Lakota Warrior Chief, Robert W. Larson
The Custer Reader, Paul Andrew Hutton
Boots and Saddles, Elizabeth Custer
The Strategy of Defeat at the Little Big Horn, Frederic C. Wagner III
The Custer Companion, Thom Hatch
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THANK YOU!
With your videos you put a human face on these almost mythical historical figures. Your research is so extensive and presented so well. Thanks for all you do.
Oh thank you!!! They lived such incredible lives, I feel so lucky to be able to learn about them 🙏
Hi Siobhan 👋 What is your research say how many of Indians were at Greasy Grass ?
@Gene-kl1br Hi there. Numbers vary greatly depending on the eyewitness. I tend to think about 2000 warriors, with maybe 8 to 9000 total including family members etc.
Great work, Siobhan . I love these native American history segments, which are very enjoyable, and I love your narration. Love and respect from Dublin Ireland ☘️🇮🇪🫶. Thank you.
Thank you, Sean!
Funny, I was just thinking to myself I probably won't have Irish viewers anymore and then I got this lovely message from you!
Have a wonderful weekend 🍀
Slainte from Cyprus 🇨🇾 !
Cypress Siobhan, beautiful. Why did you think you would have no Irish viewers??. 😂😂😂 🇮🇪☘️🫶
Great job Siobhan, these are the human stories that make history so interesting.
You are so right, Joe!
You are truly gifted bringing these stories alive
That's the loveliest message. Thank you, Dave. You have brightened my day! 🙏
Thank you Siobhan ! You really outdid yourself with this series. Take care and keep them coming.
I did! I'm exhausted! 🤣🤣🤣 this was hard work as there was so much new material for me, but I loved it.
Excellent! I learned alot. Thank you. ❤
So good of you to say, Chris! Thank you 🙏
I've studied Gall and lakota history for 50 years and I must say you have told Gall and Bloody knifes story in great detail .
Thank you.
Wow, Keith, I got a little nervous there that you were going to lambast me! Whew! So happy you found this a fair telling! 🙏
Hope to hear from you again!
Thanks so much Siobhan! I really enjoyed hearing about Bloody Knife and his time in the 7th Cav! Excellent!
Thank you, Walter!!
This story is fascinating. I have enjoyed all your narration and research and find it interesting that you too are caught up with this incredible mystery. As I wrote in my of my articles about Custer and the Little Big Horn and perhaps this applies to Bloody Knife as well, “we all make a last stand in life.”
I love that quote, Arthur!! SO TRUE! 🙌
I am a retired political science professor but have long found Custer and the Little Big Horn fascinating for the insights shed on human history and behavior. While the two articles I have written for our state newspaper are hardly revelatory they might point to the iorny of this iconic moment in history. I would be happy to send them to you should you wish. All the best, Art
There are more Sioux than bullets in the belts of the soldiers.
Oh I guess we will get through them all in a day.
Today my friend we will both go home by a road we do not know.
Custer should have heeded the advice of his chief scout.
Or...not assigned two passive-aggressive, anti-custer officers as his battalions' commanders, thus giving his plan a chance for success. Also, thus not having to report to General Terry: "All the scouts were for attacking, but Bloody Knife said he had heap big doubts, so we decided to pass on disturbing the village until all the signs were favorable."
Yep. That would have worked for the Army. 😊
Ms. Fallon, wow! Excellent work! The perfect way to start my Saturday morning. Thank you. 🇬🇧
Thank you!! And reading that kind message from you was the perfect way to start my Saturday! 🤗
What a fascinating story! Great job!!
Thanks so much, Maeve 💕📖💕
Superb .... Once again a great documentary, Siobhan 😊
Thanks so very much 🙏
Gall seemed like a better guy to have on your side than angry at you.
Thanks for another superb episode, Siobhan!
Gall and the Cheyenne warrior Roman Nose (Woqini) of the Crooked Lance/Bone Scrapers society, supposedly had quite the wrestling match when they were in their teens. Gall reportedly won.
Yes indeed!
With some exception, "Hollywood" western story tellers could take a lesson from you. Your presentations show detail that is otherwise not told or flat out wrong. Not only is your work entertaining, it is educational. I have always enjoyed history and I will continue to look forward to what you bring. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you so very much. I love digging up these details! Makes me see everything in a new way myself!
As always, magnificently researched and presented. Herindine and McLaughlin both provide The basis for my opinion of Reno's actions in the wood.
I absolutely adore. Your ability to humanize thes In a way, I have not found anywhere else.
The talk of bring.
First peoples to Washington. Brought a smile to my face. I remember a story about Indians being brought to Washington and shown some huge cabins to demonstrate the wait overwhelming supremacy in arms. They looked at the cannon.
And asked what was it good for? In their experience of warfare on the plains, they could not envision a practical use for such a ridiculous weapon. This always struck me as being very funny. I wish I could remember the source.
At any rate, thank you once again. Pray truly first clash, brilliant video. I will not.
Make any suggestions. I have been very, very happy with what you come up with. On your own. I apologize for my auto correct. It has been particularly surely today. I should have said stupid .
🤣 auto correct is a poltergeist!!
Thank you, Barbara, I love the stories about Indian delegations to DC too-- maybe I will do a video in them sometime! Illustrates the impossible position the tribal leaders were in
So much research and effort! Well done! 🙌
Thank you, Maeve!! 💕💕💕🙏
What an incredible video ❤
You're the best!!
Me' tal-wlein [how are you] .. still a little slanted in Bloody Knife's favour over Gall .. in my opinion .. but a vast improvement over first part .. I was pleasantly surprised and pleased by your mention of the episode involving Bloody Knife's 'Hunkpapa" nieces and sister who married a 'Hunkpapa" warrior .. and at least touching on Oglala and Cheyenne traditions that it was Gall .. who had the option .. that shot Bloody Knife instead of Reno .. also .. I thank you for a fair summary of Gall .. wela'lin [thank you] ..
Thanks! Much of my sources were about Bloody Knife, so of course, would flesh out his side of the issues more than Gall.
But Gall is such an amazing human and force of nature himself.
The Larson biography on Gall is superb. You have probably read it?
I'm glad parts of this video resonated with you.
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and share your insights with me!! 🙏
Superlative storytelling as usual Siobhan!
Thank you! Whew, that was a lot of new material here for me!
Btw, have you been to the battlefield? I’ve heard there’s quite an atmosphere there…
Thanks for bringing this fascinating character to life! I continue to enjoy learning about these nooks and crannies of American history.
Thank you, KC! I love these smaller tangents of history, too 💕
Wow! I can’t believe I found your incredible channel! I’ve never commented on a channel before but I just had to on yours. Custer has been my hero all my life. I always find myself defending his honor among friends and family. Now I have new ammunition from you so thank you so much for all the hard work you do! I’ve only watched a few of your videos so far, so I am so happy and excited to watch them ALL!
Thanks again Siobhan!!!!
Chris from Montesano, Washington.
Thank you so much, Chris!!
I came to this game rather late and had previously believed all the negative things people assume about Custer. But once I started to do some research-- wow! I realized how utterly wrong these assumptions are, and so this is my way to try to mend things the tiniest bit, or at least create discussions that show both sides of the equation here. Lots of gray areas, sure, but Custer does not deserve all the blame that gets heaped on his shoulders.
I'm so glad you found my videos and are getting something out of them!
Thank you for reaching out and please keep up the good fight 😉
I finally found this. You put so much color into this story it was like watching a movie. Thank you
@sunnyjacksmack hurray! Glad you liked it! Bloody Knife was quite the character, eh? His own man for sure.
Another superb installment in your series of videos! The perspectives you presented, gathered from so many sources, really presents a good profile of Bloody Knife and his life.
Thanks so very much! And thank you for your insights into Arikara life 🙏
Just excellent Siobhan. The story of Bloody knife and Gall is very interesting, something you dont see on other docos. Just on custer he was very popular in the public eye and a national hero so if he did get to run for President he probably would have won. 👌
Great delivery and information as always, keep "Bringing it"! :)
Thank you, Jay!!
👍Excellent work. So much information and detail. Can’t wait for the next one!
Thank you, John.
Tom Custer is next, I think...
A Colt Single Action Army Little Bighorn battlefield pickup going up for auction this week. See Freeman’s/Hindman Auctions, Arms, Armour Militaria auction lot #79. Thought to be from D or I company.
@@johnlawson2984 oh my!!
Thanks so much, Siobhan, for your comprehensive and detailed videos on Bloody Knife. Since I have most of the old, published references, I especially appreciated your use of later researchers' material.
Red Star's account of Custer's conversation at Crow's Nest has been overlooked by me; I find it thought-provoking, shedding perhaps fresh insight into the accepted claim/allegation/myth that Custer was rash, unreasonable, and driven by lust for power and glory to throw all caution to the wind. Red Star's account would seem to suggest the answer to that charge may well be, quoting Georgio Tsoukalos: "I think not!" 😊
Thank you!!
The Arikara Narratives are too often over looked. I think they flesh out a whole different side of Indian/ US relations, and show a side of Custer we don't often get to see.
This is part of why I love doing these videos. They make me look at the writings in a new way myself.
So very glad the videos resonate with you, Joseph!
It's always great to hear from you and get your feedback and insights 🙏
As always an outstanding presentation.
Thank you, Robert!
Another excellent presentation. Great graphics and maps and the depth of your research is truly amazing. Well done!
Oh yay!! Thank you so much, John!
Bloody Knive was himself a larger than life character! Hollywood could easily make a movie about him and it would worth something to see!
To bad he wasn't by Custer's side it would have made his death more a movie ending instead he had to die next too .....
To find out that answer who he died next to,, you got watch more of these fantastic videos!!!
To you my fair lady I tip my hat to you on another well done job! 🌹
Ha! I love that as a teaser!!!!! 🙌🤣
Thank you, Hugo!!
Very good, I'm very pleased that you addressed Bloddy Knife, not enough has been made known about him. I'm looking forward to watching more, Miles Keogh is next on my list. Keep up the good work!
Why thank you!!
Please let me know what you think of the Keoghs and other videos. 🍀
Much appreciated! 🙏🎉
I really enjoy your videos. I too enjoy old West history and your videos are very detailed and informative. Thank you for your extensive and accurate work.
Oh, Steven, I appreciate hearing that so much!
Please let me know which ones resonate the most with you!
You always find new details! Much impressed and very enjoyable to listen to you.
So lovely of you to say!
Tom Custer is coming soon!
Thank you for bringing so many unsung heroes to light. They were just as brave as Custer and not near as glory seeking or foolish for that matter. Just horse soldiers living and dying in the saddle and paying the ultimate price.
Whatever you may say of Custer--he was no coward. He wrongly assumed that the Sioux would run when attacked, so he divided his forces in an effort to prevent an escape. I highly doubt he made this decision due to an effort to achieve individual glory, but instead because he believed it was the best tactical move to defeat and/or round up the Sioux. He had no knowledge of Crook's unsuccessful, full scale battle with the Sioux at the Rosebud a week earlier. Nevertheless, Custer's decision likely sealed the fate of his command. If Benteen had come on when ordered, it is possible that some of the command may have been saved, but it is also possible that they too would have been entirely destroyed. It can be debated as to whether his decision was foolish--in retrospect it was certainly the wrong one. But, it's easy to Monday morning quarterback. Custer had achieved huge success in the past by audacious tactics, and it should come as no surprise that he acted consistently with his past at the Little Big Horn.
Another good one! Thanks!
Thanks! I always love getting a good word from you. You know your stuff.
@@SiobhanFallon7, well I've watched a lot of TV!🤣
Thanks for the kind words.
@tudyk21 🤣 I'm glad you are watching me! And I found Bloody Knife's war song thanks to your suggestion! But couldn't find a copyright free one to download so used another Arikara war song in vid.
@@SiobhanFallon7 I was glad to have some input.
Great series! I enjoy seeing the charts and pictures. Cudos on your research. As a CBHMA speaker and published on the LBH battle, I especially commend your display of sources and balanced reporting - best of luck and keep it coming!
Thank you thank you thank you!!! I love CBHMA!!!
Please let me know what other videos of mine resonate with you!
Hope to hear from you again 🙏
Really enjoying these videos Siobhan, really well presented, love hearing letters written at this time. They give a real time insight to the whole thing. Great research
@@michaelobrien4295 thanks, Michael!!
Thanks! Siobhan! Great vid! Lots of detail about the Native Scouts, who they were and their motivations. I only wish all those people on all sides had walked different paths that did not lead to that place that day.
@nowthenzen Yay, thank you very much! So kind and generous of you! 🙏
I agree with you. there was too much tragedy here, on both sides.
All these lives cut short.
Great video!
Thank you so much! 🎉
Awesome maps with important locations
Thank you!!
This stuff is so good. Love your channel.
Thank you so much!
That…was exceptional! The details described in your story really brought it to life. I’m a big fan now. Keep telling old west stories!
YAY! Thank you, John!
Please let me know what other videos of mine resonate with you.
Hope to hear from you again! 🙏
Another great video. Thanks for all the work. You might consider doing something, in the future, about the Wounded Knee Massacre. The defeat of the 7th at LBH certainly factored into that later, terrible event
Thank you, Rich!
I will put it on my list! 🙏
More thoughtful, high quality content about this important history, thanks!
Thank you so much! 🙏
Another great video, thx for your hard work.
Great job. I just found your page.
Yay! Thank you!
Please let me know what you think of my other videos too! 🙏
Thank you Siobhan for yet another excellent story line, once again you bring so much to their lives. It begs the question as to what the outcome would have been if Bloody Knife had not been killed. Would Benteen have been successful?, and would it have altered the outcome of the LBH??
Probably not...
I don't know, Steven, great question. We know that Bloody Knife was worried about this fight, but he was also a tenacious fighter. Would he have advised Reno to stay put in the timber a little longer? And would that have kept the 7th more intact (centralized in the valley with Benteen coming down to Reno while Custer continued to attack the village in flank and thereby surround it in more simultaneous fashion and force the warriors to fight on two fronts) rather than disintegrating (Reno fleeing to bluffs, staying there with Benteen, and all the warriors being able to turn on Custer).
From what we know of Bloody Knife's behavior during skirmishes, it is hard to imagine him advising that the troops out to retreat in the way they did.
But Reno might not have listened to him any way 🤔
Sadly we will never know.
Just a footnote. Marine First Sergeant Custer (a distant relation) would be killed in an infamous event on Guadalcanal called the Goettge Patrol. He even has a resemblance to General Custer. Uncanny.
I will look this up! Thank you!
Excellent video and story! Thank you for keeping this history alive. Best Regards from Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you, Keith!! Regards from Cyprus!!
"For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings"
Amazing historical information from a beautiful woman. What more could you ask for ❤❤🎉
Thank you, Jimmy!!!
❤ excellent prduction🎉
Thank you so much, Karl!!!
I just put up a new video on Thomas Custer right now this minute, whew 🎉
great followup. if you come out this way there are a few people around , including myself who are now retired or retiring who willing to help you in your searches of museums locations. let us know. you will be accommidated as needed.
I will! That's so lovely of you, Murray!!
I Dear Say Probably The Best Video On The Subject , It Took A Woman To Make It ! Infinite Credit To To You !
Oh, Gianni, that it the loveliest thing!! I appreciate it so much.
Please let me know if there are other videos you like.
Hope to hear from you again 🙏
@@SiobhanFallon7 Will Do Pretty Soon And For Answering The Comment !
@@SiobhanFallon7 Dare
Custer was a brave man, but he had poor judgement on many occasions
This is a wonderful series -- well researched and well presented. How many researchers do you have working with you? It must have taken decades to compile all this information.
@keithfoster4502 🤣 just me and my books, my cell phone and a battered old laptop!! And a true passion for this subject matter 🙏
@@SiobhanFallon7 You're awesome.
@keithfoster4502 💕 thank you, Keith 🙏 🎉
I have enjoyed your accounts of the personalities and details related to the Custer campaign a great deal. Your background on the individuals not only humanizes them, but provides insight as to possible explanations for what happened on the battlefield. Your information on Bloody Knife was extremely interesting--Custer ignored the scouts' advice (including Mitch Bouyer--I read a book about him and you should do a segment on him) to his and his men's detriment. Unfortunately for Custer, Reno was neither a high quality man nor commander, and Benteen had little incentive to come to Custer's aid (and likely purposely did not--although that can be debated) and Reno's request for assistance gave Benteen the needed excuse. There seems little doubt that Benteen and Reno coordinated their stories prior to the inquiry after the battle, and both perjured themselves by testifying that they did not hear the volleys fired by Custer's men. Although Benteen saved the rest of the men through his actions on Reno Hill, he is far from exculpated for his failure to timely respond to Custer's order to "come quick." His dilatory response removed any hope that Custer and his men had of avoiding their fate.
I knew most of the information you provided about Gall, who was a charismatic figure. I was surprised to learn, however, that he became a Christian and believed assimilation to be the best policy for his people. Thanks for your efforts.
Thank you so much.
I will put Mitch Bouyer on my list!
Great insights there, and I agree with you about the complicated (and potentially complicit) interplay between Reno and Benteen.
Very well done! I enjoy all your work and look forward to each new video. Have you done one on Tom Custer?
TOM CUSTER IS NEXT!!! 🎉
Just starting to work on that now! Yay! You are a prophet 😉
@@SiobhanFallon7 Outstanding! I have a book on Tom called "In His Brother's Shadow: The Life of Thomas Ward Custer". You probably already have it.
Thank you for uploading. I wonder if Bloody Knife's head is in somebodies private collection? This isn't facetious it's always fascinated me. Despite some of the scalps were left behind and pinned to trees others were taken home. I wonder were they all went. Imagine having William Cooke's moustache framed in the front room! That's something to talk about at a dinner party!
Ha! 😬
There is an anecdote about a white man asking the Arikara scouts about Bloody Knife's scalp. The Arikara did not want it as it was one of their own, so this man (maybe an interpreter or scout with Gibbon ? The Arikara don't name him) asks if he can have it and bring it to his father, who was a friend of Bloody Knife's.
So you are right. It very well be in someone's collection today.
They supposedly knew it was Bloody Knife's scalp because of the gray streaks of hair.
Siobhan, you are such a good story teller! Have you listened to " The Rest is History" series about Custer? Worth a listen.
Oh, I must watch! Thank you for the suggestion, and thanks for the kind words!
Thanks!
Oh my goodness THANK YOU! Wow!!
You’re very welcome! 😉
@freeesolo I'm still speechless. You are very generous and kind 🙏 This is going right into a little fund for new equipment that I hope to get this summer. I want to get rid of my constant sound issues 🤦🏼♀️😬
And please let me know if you have any suggestions or subjects you'd like me to cover. I'm working on a Tom Custer series now (Part I and II are already up!). I have a couple other irons going but would love to know what you'd find interesting!
@@SiobhanFallon7 I'm glad to be able to help. I am going to read your book too. The one held up by Dana Perino! Wow, impressive! I'm thinking of another interesting character, like Jean Laffite, the pirate who helped Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812. I was born and raised near New Orleans. Probably quite difficult to find information on him. Whatever you write about is good. You have such a pleasant voice and storytelling skills. I read Libbie Custer's book, "Tenting on the Plains". I know you must have too of course. Time to go watch another of your videos. I love them!
Oh, and one more thing. I didn't know Custer fired 2 volleys and Reno and Benteen still didn't ride to the sound of the guns. 🌹
@freeesolo ah, Jean Lafitte!! I remember reading about him when I was in New Orleans on a trip years ago!! I'll add him to my list 😉
Godfrey mentions the volleys in his article about the fight-- let me see if I can find a link to it in it's entirety. It's great and doesn't get read enough by Little Bighorn students...
It was supposed to be a simultaneous four prong attack like the Washita.
Actually the Indians were surprised. You left out Custer being notified that Indians had found a lost Army bread box which jeopardized the crucial element of surprise, this forced Custer to attack right away. It made no sense for Custer to order Reno to attack alone because that threw the crucial element of surprise away. It also didn't make any sense to send Benteen on a scout to the left because Custer knew where his point of attack was going to be, where the horse herd met the village. It was imperative to keep the Indians away from their horses. The Army would destroy the horses and the scouts would capture what they wanted. It was the Washita fight all over again.
Hi Siobhan! WOW!! talk about a thorough video of a historic battle and the heroic Indian scouts!. One question if you have a moment, the picture of Bloody knife on his horse holding his rifle: does he have 2 chevrons on his sleeve?,bc I know he was promoted to corporal, they just appear very thin. Thank so much for another very cool video!!😊
Thank you so much!! Traveling now but I will check the photo as soon as I can.
Your comments are so appreciated 🙏
@SiobhanFallon7 Np! Be safe in your travels, Siobhan 😊
@@zingwilder9989 thanks so much, Kevin!!
@@zingwilder9989 Thank you very much for the info. Sir.
Families slaughtered, heads on poles, what a grisly blood enemy story! I have always wondered about the many scouts that accompanied the 7th and particularly the Arikara that went in with Reno. Their movements were sketchy to me. They seem to have acted as indepentent agents once the fighting started, which appears to be the standard native american fighting style, and were not expected to be in the ranks. I also had read that they went after the pony heard but wonder how that went since quickly a whole lot of Sioux were heading there too. But what always perplexed me most was the unusually large number of fatalities in Gall's immediate family. I wondered if Bloody Knife and/or other Arikaras specifically targeted them (which seemed unlikely because how would they know where they were, and it would mean penetrating into the village which the 7th were soon firing into) or... was Gall's family just in the wrong place at the wrong time caught exposed outside the camp. From your research the later seems more supported. My only question would be if the Arikara/Bloody Knife knew who they had caught in the open and pursued them specifically in an act of vengence. Would they have easily recognized Gall's wives? Would they have killed children without some specific vengence motive? Great study Siobhan! Love a serious, deep diving and honest historian.
Thank you! I don't think they deliberately targeted them because they were Gall's relations, but they did not distinguish between killing women/ children in the same way as whites.
If I'm not mistaken, I think Crazy Horse's first kill was a woman.
Thank you for the kind words about my work!
Hope to hear from you again soon!
Gall had issues with Sitting Bull, and reportedly referred to Sitting Bull as a coward.
Yes, I've heard they had a falling out. The Larson book on Gall is terrific!
Sadly we had so many people like this in Ireland those who helped the Invaders against their own people Michael Collins had so many of them shot they are remembered with shame even by their own descendants
@johnpurcell7525 So the Arikara tribe should have just let the Sioux wipe them off the face of the earth? How is the right? Why are you making assumptions that the Arikara and Sioux are the same? The Sioux invaded the Arikara and the Crow land.
Arikara and Sioux were same Race Internecine War same Happened in Ireland called Clan Wars English ended it
And was a traitor to all that is good and decent...
He was a victim of history and cirumstance...
Excellent material, absolutely stellar presentation!
@@kanonierable yay! Thank you!!
@@SiobhanFallon7 You well deserve that praise! I am in the process of watching through your videos about Little Big Horn and the people involved in it and I dare say that I never have seen anyone digging that deep in the mountain of source material and come up with such a fair and balanced perspective and to present it so inpressively, side by side with great pictures, photographs and paintings that must have taken you an enormous amount of time to collect and choose.
I am absolutely stunned by what I've seen so far of your work on RUclips and I can only encourage you most emphatically to continue on that path. I'm eagerly looking forward to the great things that will come without any doubt in the coming months and years from a person so dedicated and productive as you obviously are.
@kanonierable You just made my weekend. Really. Your kindness and recognition of my efforts brought tears to my eyes. Thank you 🙏🎉