I thoroughly enjoyed the account of that battle in the movie "Little Big Man" starring (a rather young) Dustin Hoffman. It too was probably historically incorrect - but I imagine it was a fairly close 'personality sketch' of an arrogant and delusional Custer (who reminds me of another person who has unfortunately been put in charge). Does anyone out there know how close the movie came in summarizing the actual events of that fateful day? -WaV
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Jim Evatt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* ak7ar: cox.net <[email protected]> ; Bob Jenney <[email protected]>; > Bob > Kappler <[email protected]> ; Brian duffy<[email protected]>; > Caren <[email protected]> ; Chris Weddle <[email protected]> ; > clarkejanet: > msn.com <[email protected]> ; Dirk <[email protected]> ; Dr. > Besserman <[email protected]> ; Francis Walker<[email protected]>; > Frank > Brady <[email protected]> ; Fred <[email protected]> ; > George<[email protected]>; Glenn > Grape <[email protected]> ; Jake montoya <[email protected]> ; Jim > Gilbreath <[email protected]> ; Jerry Chacon<[email protected]>; > jlug: > prontomail.com <[email protected]> ; Joe Luglio <[email protected]> ; > Marti > Reich <[email protected]> ; Manny Montoya <[email protected]> ; Mona > Johnson <[email protected]> ; Perri > Touche<[email protected]>; Rich > G. <[email protected]> ; Rob Offerle <[email protected]> ; Sam > Horner<[email protected]>; Scotty > Clements <[email protected]> ; Shawn <[email protected]> ; sloppyflo: > yahoo.com <[email protected]> ; Steve Smith <[email protected]> ; > [email protected] ; Sue Philpot <[email protected]> ; > Texascavers <[email protected]> ; TCochrane: > centurytel.net<[email protected]>; timloomis1: > msn.com <[email protected]> ; Tim Kovacs <[email protected]> ; Walter > Moffit <[email protected]> ; William Decker <[email protected]> > *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] > >
