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and then introduce that Anglo French word 'Trespass' and all the laws that go with it.
like in:
trespass (french) ers will be shot at (english)
and then introduce that Anglo French word 'Trespass' and all the laws that go with it.
Custer was,at once,a Hero and a Jerk. So some remember him as a Hero,which he was.....and some remember him as a Jerk,which he was,also. Custer was overly condemned for his loss at the LBH. Jmo.
Actually, I think Custer was always a jerk. He just did one heroic thing ( Gettysburg is all I can think of) and then found a memorable way of getting killed. And that's about it for Custer IMO.
Pretty much. An interesting read re the personal Custer is Custer's Trials by T.J. StilesActually, I think Custer was always a jerk. He just did one heroic thing ( Gettysburg is all I can think of) and then found a memorable way of getting killed. And that's about it for Custer IMO.
I always liked that photo of Lincoln at the Grove Farm in Sharpsburg, standing there lined up with all the generals in front of the tents and the roof of the house in the background, and there's that one clown by himself on the far right, staring at the camera - Custer, a lowly captain, making sure he gets looked at in the photo.
Last month I read "Custard's Fall" by David Miller. In the mid 30's Miller interviewed 70 some Native Americans about their role in the fight at LBH. I thoroughly enjoyed the book as I like to read about the battle from the Indians point of view in order to get a better understanding of what happened. I'm not sure if the book could be called history, as the author has been criticized for a lack of footnotes, not releasing his notes regarding his interviews with the natives, and not publishing his book until after all of his sorces had died (published in the 1950's). However, it was an enjoyable read.
One of interesting things the author brings up that I have never read about in any other books on the battle, is that according to the Indians he interviewed, Custer was shot in the heart as he was leading a charge down Medicine Tail Coulee and fell into the LBH river. This effectively halted the charge as troopers dismounted to haul his body back onto his horse just as the Indians who had been fighting Reno, began massing at the Ford. The command then broke into two parts, one group fighting a delaying action ( under Keogh), while the other (under Yates), headed for the area with Custer's body where the monument is located at Last Stand Hill.
After the battle the indians shot many of the soldiers in the head, which would explain why Custer had a wound in this (left?) temple. Also, in many cases it was the women who mutilated the dead. Custer supposedly had had an affair with a Cheyenne women some years previous, and she was at the battle and recognised the body and protected it from mutilation.
Again, I'm not sure the book can be called history, but it was very enjoyable and I'll probably read it again when I get into another LBH mood.
As far as Custer being an American Hero, maybe during the age he lived in, but under modern scrutiny, no.
So many conflicting stories about the state of his body, I read that Custer was probably mutilated to some degree, ..... I also read and that an awl was used to pierce his ears so that he couldn't hear in the afterlife.
I just came across an article that described Tom's tattoos, he had the Goddess of Liberty and an initialed American flag on his arm. Rain in the face had threatened to cut out Tom's heart and eat it, I'm guessing that he was a man of his word.I understood his ears were pierced so he could hear better in the afterlife. I'm not remembering this correctly, but Custer was smoking a pipe with the Cheyennes and they told him if he ever attacked them again he would be killed. So his ears were pierced so he would hear them better in the afterlife. But talk about mutilation, his brother Tom was so badly mutilated as to be almost unidentifiable (someone recognised a tattoo on his body). The thought was that Tom was so mutilated because he had mistreated an Indian (Rain in the face?) while in captivity.
Seems to me that people are still capable of underestimating the abilities of the Plains people. The British did it in Africa with the Zulu as did the French and the Boer. Custer wasn't an idiot he understood that he would be facing a highly motivated and well organised enemy force, hence the plan to capture women and children.
As much as I enjoy taking shots at Custer I do think he was a very bold young man. He reminds me a bit of Hood. A " point and click" type of leader. Very good as long as you don't allow them much chance to think.
Custer did serve his nation in the military almost all of his adult life. This alone should allow us to call him a patriot. Now was he a hero? He did make an error at LBH, but that does not make him less of a patriot or less of a hero? Can one make a military misjudgment and still be a hero and patriot? I have to say yes, Custer was a patriotic American hero.
One problem was that the Indians would often claim to "own" a massive tract of land but were only actually using a small portion of that land.
Just curious...to what use should a massive tract of land be put?
Dam buff. If they had just given up their shifty ways, so much of this coulda been avoided!
Which 'they'?