Osiyo, Unakas: Many misstatements. Tsalagi (Cherokee) were definitely not there. The N.A. encampment consisted mainly of Northern Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota.
The Seventh under Custer consisted of 211 troops and officers, not five. Five refers to companies of troops, or the five accompanying civilians. The battle took place in 1876, not 1865. 1865 had it's own famous and infamous events. Custer deserved much worse than he got. His troops were forced by him into the greatest mass U.S. suicide in history - until Jonestown. For a quick source on the "battle", refer to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn Jim Evatt ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Belski To: [email protected] Cc: ak7ar: cox.net ; Bob Jenney ; Bob Kappler ; Brian duffy ; Caren ; Chris Weddle ; clarkejanet: msn.com ; Dirk ; Dr. Besserman ; Francis Walker ; Frank Brady ; Fred ; George ; Glenn Grape ; Jake montoya ; Jim Gilbreath ; Jerry Chacon ; jlug: prontomail.com ; Joe Luglio ; Marti Reich ; Manny Montoya ; Mona Johnson ; Perri Touche ; Rich G. ; Rob Offerle ; Sam Horner ; Scotty Clements ; Shawn ; sloppyflo: yahoo.com ; Steve Smith ; [email protected] ; Sue Philpot ; Texascavers ; TCochrane: centurytel.net ; timloomis1: msn.com ; Tim Kovacs ; Walter Moffit ; William Decker Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] The Battle of the Little Big Horn I think it was Cheyenne Indians not Cherokee Indians involved in the battle. [email protected] wrote: > Hello All > > On this date in 1865, LTC George A. Custer and 5 troops of the 7th Cavalry were masscared by a large force of Cherokee and Souix Indians in the bend of the Little Big Horn. > > The scuttlebutt has it that one trooper of the 7th thought something certainly wasn't just right about this day.... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpA_X_7ktnQ > > Custer had it coming! > > Walter > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1392 - Release Date: 4/22/2008 3:51 PM > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
