Re: [Texascavers] The Battle of the Little Big Horn

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:05:14 -0700 (PDT)

I used to work for "an" historian at TPWD. I used to piss her off by asking if history was "truth" or "facts".

in all truthiness,

T.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Fleming
Sent: Jun 28, 2008 10:54 AM
To: Chris Vreeland
Cc: Texas Cavers
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] The Battle of the Little Big Horn

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Chris Vreeland <[email protected]> wrote:
The thing that gets to me is how in white history texts, the word "massacre" is used to describe ay event in which whites were killed by indians, and the word "battle" is used to describe any event in which indians were killed by whites, including army raids on sleeping encampments of women, children & the elderly. I've even seen evidence of this in the roadside historical markers in Texas. 

History is not recounted by the losers. Things done by the opponents are heinous; similar actions by the victors are heroic.

http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/

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