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The other Custer
A funny story by Custer's relative Brice C. Custer THE OTHER CUSTER source: Major Brice Custer Jr, The Sacrificial Lion , Upton and Sons,1999, page 270 The Custer family has cherished its military legacy. Many Custer's relatives ended in the military...
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(Burn your flag) Day
Today's American Indians want to stop celebrating Colombus Day. Instead of remembering the discovery of America, they want a "Burn your flag" day when everyone could hate the country, distort its history and defame historical figures . WAKAN TANKA'S JIHAD...
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Custeriana
CUSTERIANA July 2, 1863. The first painting of the battle of Hunterstown! By Jared Frederick official dedication on July 2, 2008, for the Custer Monument at Hunterstown, PA More on http://www.historymatters.biz Custer reenactor speaks to Norville Churchill's...
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Turtle Rib on the Last Stand
Turtle Rib's account of the Stand and Indian casualties TAKING A STAND source: Kenneth Hammer, Custer in '76, Brigham Young University Press, page 201 "Those on foot seemed to be the coolest and fought the hardest. (...) The Indians were up close, and...
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a LBH Historian wants to crack the case
Custer Battlefield Historian and author Michael Donahue continues to point out Benteen's and Reno's behavior during the battle. DONAHUE WANTS TO CRACK THE CASE Little Bighorn Battlefield historian Michael Donahue's remarks in the TV documentary "Custer's...
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Perjuries in court
Captain Carter was the friend of many Little Bighorn veterans and was appalled by their perjuries during the Inquiry on the battle "THEY'VE NEVER TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH" source: Colonel William Graham, The Custer Myth, 1953, Stackpole Books, pages 309-316...
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CTW #4
Military hero, senator and Republican favorite for the 2008 US elections, McCain has Custer's saber at home JOHN McCAIN AND THE BOYGENERAL 1. The room: Called "the Indian room." Distinctively Southwestern. An addition designed by Cindy McCain. 19 by 29...
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Chief Two Moon on LBH
The story of the Cheyenne chief during Custer's Last Stand TWO MOON'S ACCOUNT source: Two Moon's interview, 1898 (portrait of the Chief below) "I went to water my horses at the creek, and washed them off with cool water, then took a swim myself. I came...
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Custeriana in Europe (II)
The creator of custerwest.org made a conference in a great exhibition of Western Art in France CUSTERIANA IN MARSEILLE - FRANCE - exhibition: "The mythology of the West in American Art", Marseille (France), Museum of the Beaux-Arts. Exhibits: masterpieces...
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Honoring Sgt Edward Botser
The story of Sgt Botser, from Germany, whose squeleton was found and buried in the 1980s. CUSTER'S LOST SOLDIER COVER-UP DETAILS : See also how the LBH battlefield is mixing up the events of the day of June 25 with the ones of the evening of the 25 and...
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Custer in Indian council
Libbie Custer remembers the meeting that happened in Fort Lincoln CUSTER IN AN INDIAN COUNCIL source : Elizabeth Custer, Boots and Saddle: Life in Dakota with General Custer, pages 225-228 THE Indians came several times from the reservations for counsel,...
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Visiting Lieutenant Cooke
Tracking down the grave of the Canadian hero of Little Bighorn VISITING COOKE text and pictures by custerwest.org member Gary Neidert, from Canada Started with joining custerwest.org after a trip to the Little Bighorn Battlefield. I became friends with...
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Legend of the West: Wild Bill Hickock
The famous Old West hero was General Custer's scout and friend LEGEND OF THE OLD WEST WILD BILL HICKOCK source: Wild Bill Hicock, by James Bankes, Wild West Magazine, August 1996, HistoryNet Don Crowley James Butler Hickok, the renowned "Wild Bill," remains...
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Chief Black Kettle's 1864 attacks
The massacre of the Hungate family by "Peace Chief" Black Kettle's warriors BLACK KETTLE'S COLORADO MASSACRE by Jeff Broome Ph.D, custerwest.org member and author of Dog Soldier Justice: The Ordeal of Susanna Alderdice in the Kansas Indian War (Lincoln,...
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Lieut. Oscar Long's report
An official military report (1878) based on Indian accounts uncovered the betrayal OSCAR LONG'S REPORT source: 2nd Lieutenant Oscar F. Long's report, 5th Infy, 1878, Greasy Grass Magazine, Vol. 11, May 1995, pages 6-9. Edited by custerwest.org's member...
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Low Dog's account
Hunkpapa warchief Low Dog on Custer's Last Stand LOW DOG'S ACCOUNT source: William Graham, "The Custer Myth", Stackpole Books, page 75-76. Artworks: Howard Terpning, WildWest Warts Sioux Hunkapa warchief Low Dog (important warchief, known for his bravery...
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Sergeant Kanipe on the betrayal
One of Custer's last messengers explained the betrayal to his son SERGEANT KANIPE ON THE BETRAYAL source: William F. Boyes, Custer's Battle Plan for 25 June 1876, in the Little Big Horn Associates Research Review, volume 22, no1, Winter 2008, page 16...
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The Reno whitewash
How Major Reno, a drunk coward, escaped punishment after Little Bighorn THE RENO WHITEWASH source: a letter included in "Reminiscenes of General Custer: Custer's Last Battle", by Richard A. Roberts. Edited by custerwest.org member and Civil War author...
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Larger-than-life heroes buried in Kansas
Officers buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas MONTANA EAGLES “Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover” JAMES CALHOUN First Lieutenant,...
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Reasonable truth(s)
Frederic Wagner III defends the Reno Court of Inquiry in the latest LBHA magazine REASONABLE TRUTH(s)! In his latest article to the LBHA Research Review (vol.22, no.2, "From a different view to the same kill", pages 15-30), Frederic Wagner III defends...
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Scout Isaiah Dorman
Former slave and hero of Little Bighorn ISAIAH DORMAN source: GarryOwen On the afternoon of June 25, 1876 as Major Reno lead his hasty "charge" out of the clump of trees to which his initial attack and skirmish line had been reduced, several men of his...
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CDW: a new American Indian jihad
A new display of American Indian racism and historical distortion: the Custer dolls of "Night at the Museum 2" are under attacks by American Indians in South Dakota SAY HELLO TO THE HATEFUL RED POWER Engaged in a racist crusade since the 1970s to whitewash...
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Letter by RCOI chairman
The recorder of the Inquiry on Little Bighorn confirmed his opinion on the betrayal to Elizabeth Custer JESSE LEE'S LETTER TO MISS CUSTER source: "A Very Real Salmagundi; or Look What I Found This Summer", ed. by John M. Carroll, 1980, edited by custerwest.org...
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Private Goldin on Reno's rout
Major Reno's incompetence and drunkeness provoked the infamous "charge to the rear" as related here by Private Theodore Goldin RENO'S DISASTROUS ROUT source: letter by Theodore F. Goldin to C. T. Brady, August 11, 1904, Astonisher Little Bighorn, early...
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How they manipulated the size of the village
The story of an hoax created to cover Benteen's and Reno's betrayal up THE BIG (1876), BIGGER (1877) AND BIGGER (1879) INDIAN VILLAGE sources: Greasy Grass Magazine, Vol. 11, May 1995, pages 6-9; Robert Nightengale, Little Big Horn, FarWest Publishing,...