There is a line in Last of the Dogmen that is an epitaph to our Native people ." What happened to the Indians was inevitable. The way it happened was unconscionable."

Considering that you had 100 soldiers on Last Stand Hill and there are very few grave markers, I believe the majority skedaddled....

Brilliant.. not many know the history.. what a great step by step description of history. Thank you!!

Thanks for psoting - visited in '97 when I was in the States.

Those final minutes up there must have been a literal madhouse. Jammed carbines empty pistols dead men and horses terrible heat and dust. Doubt it looked like any movie

We're heading out there this summer. Thank you for the great video!

We were heading east from Butte Montana, and we stopped to see this park. Funny story - When we stopped in, it was during June and very busy with visitors. My wife and I were driving a 22 ft U-Haul truck towing a car dolly behind that. We drove into the park and I was worried if I would be able to get back out of the park because the road isn't that wide LOL. The hairpin turn at the end was tight but we made it. Its a humbling site to visit. For the native americans, it was a great victory.

the fighters on both sides were very brave.may god bless their souls.amen.

Thanks for this. Nicely done.

Jeesus! - what a beautiful place. PS. Thank you for uploading! Have a nice day everybody.

Custer was a talented military commander. He had many successes in the Civil War, to include blocking Lee's forces from reaching a supply train at Appomattox which hastened the end of the war. He underestimated the Indian forces and he divided his forces. Reno retreated and sealed the fate of Custer.

Bottom line, cut to the chase conclusion: The Indians had repeating rifles...and Custer didn't.

Thanks, I wish to visit this site. It's a great insight.

If Custer took the four Gatlin Guns from the 7th & 20th Infantry along with the 180 man battalion from Brisbins 2nd, Cavalry, he might have survived. He also should've kept all his forces together. This would have given him about 900 men with pack train support.

Today it's a short walk. In June 1876 reaching that ridge must have seemed impossible

Facts?? Custer deserted his regiment and was suspended for leaving the field to see his wife. He left Major Eliot and his platoon to die abandoned at the Washita. He deserted Reno ("I will support you" with the whole outfit") at LBH. He refused to take repeating (kept single-shot rifles) , refused Gatling guns, and refused extra cavalry troops. He refused to wait to meet the other units. He ignored what his scouts said. He ran his horses into the ground. And, oh yeah, he divided his forces into 4 (Pack train. Reno, Benteen, Custer himself). He forced his men to buy from his own store. Greedy glory hunter.

Interesting video, good job, thanks.

Decent film sir, Thanks :)

What do the green and brown highway signs say ay 2:41?

Visited her in the Early 70s. Proof if it were needed that you can ruin a very moving memorial by turning it into a tourist attraction. I remember walking amongst the headstones in awe as a 14yr old at what they represented. Now it looks like all the character is swallowed up in explanation boards and I find it hard to believe you'd build a path up the hill where it all happened. As for Custer, he was arrogant, incapable of understanding the Indian strength, and too anxious for glory. He was also let down by his fellow officers, poor equipment, and the fact that cavalry relies on vulnerable horses. Shoot them and you have a man on foot, armed to fight from height and with speed. Must have been terrifying in that last few minutes.

Custer died on Last Stand Hill - two wounds, one to the chest that would have been fatal if the one to head hadn't been the coup de grace. I don't think he died anywhere near the river - the burial party reported that cases from his Remington rifle were found under his body.

On the first place there is a House on the Prop. ?

Why isn't there readings about the native monuments? Hmmm...

In trying to answer some of the unanswerable questions about this battle, I decided to write a book. It was just too interesting not to. I wrote it from the point of view of a Crow warrior. I hope those who read it have as much fun as I had writing it: www.amazon.com/Red-Otter-Warrior-Battle-Bighorn-ebook/dp/B01CV1I81S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Custer was a Veteran of the Civil War... He fought for the Union... He got what he deserved....

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Would have been a different story if Benteen and Reno supported Custer when he sent for them and the packs. That would have been 600 men. But Benteen had a dislike for Custer and being a coward staying behind fit his bill.

Might have been a Civil War Hero but at Little Bighorn he was a fool for being over confident

Fighting up that ridge must have been Megiddo on earth

Custer's last tactical mistake was having his men shoot their mounts. With that order, his fate was sealed.

If you go there and take the tour you learn that the indians were better armed than the soldiers and there were a lot more of them that any of the white army boys knew. They didn't really trust there indian scouts to tell them the truth and felt they could defeat any rag tag group of redskins they might encounter. The truth was that the 7th had riden for days. All the way from Bismark North Dakota to East Montana. Not such a long drive today but one hell of a tough treck on horse back. The average soldier was young 18 to 22 yrs old tops and not very well trained as it turned out. They were in rough shape physically before the battle began and really had little chance against such overwhelming odds. Custer never told them as much of course and basically ordered them to their deaths.

so Custer was re-interred at West Point? (where he finished *last* in his class of 35 students)

This is one of the saddest episodes in American history to date. The government's past treatment of the native Americans is reprehensible even today. The government was responsible for creating this horrible situation, and then to make it even worse they allowed the "arrogant" Indian fighter, General Custer, to lead the 7th Calvary. Custer was only supposed to identify the camp and wait for reinforcements. Instead he chose to lead his men and himself to their deaths against a massive native American encampment without hesitation. Custer obstinately ignored reports at the time that a massive encampment of natives was before him. The native Americans themselves were robbed of their land in the Black Hills and lied to countless times by the United States government. In the end, they starved and froze in the winter. They were forced to eventually surrender not long after this "their" last stand. Very little, if any, organized effort was ever made to introduce Christianity to the natives in a substantive way by "Protestant political America." The government forced them onto reservations, gave them liquor, welfare, and forgot them. This battle remains a sad memory for Americans of European descent and a final act of heroism for native Americans today. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for the Americas!

According to Indian accounts they shot Custer before he crossed the river causing pandemonium for the rest of his men. They drug him to the hill were they all eventually died.

the grass knows

Nathaniel Philbrick's book complements this commentary.

The battle field is a tourist trap!

Custer wore an Arrow shirt. So there!

That old boy had a fanny pack how cool is that?R.I.P. George

Okay, yeah, you need to stop.

he stories at have been passed down from the arapaho that they put their flut in his ea and said tha he'll lisent to the naitves in the next life

Custer’s Last Stand: Natives already knew what to do

You can't say "the Indians annoyed the cavalry from sharpshooter ridge" that's..like something we English would say we "annoyed the French at Waterloo" lol "deadly fires" makes people salivate with joy whether rooting for 'indian' braves or stout hearted cavalry troopers. Grim really. Did a reenactment with you yanks in the states and the competition is alive and kicking ;) haha. Love to our cousins White red black and yella'

Custer was outmanned and outgunned. .he lost that one.

Govt killed them each trooper gets 25 rounds against 10,000 Sioux Cheyenne. How to survive this onslaught with 3 minutes of rounds ?

Native Speaker Please this guy here oh dear......

Why he did not keep talking after that has arrived in the indian's monument? I'm a white man but we need to understand that what we done with the Indian people was completrly wrong. That lands was the Indians lands, the land for men, women and Indian children ! We make a lot of mistakes, across the american history, and this is the BIG ONE !!!

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these posts are hilarious a battle happened it's history opinions are opinions don't get twisted over it lol

Where did the red savages get all of their repeating rifles from 🙄

Ask any Army JAG officer, Custer would have been arrested and stood trial if he had survived. The SOB was trying to hit a sleeping village and got out foxed by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. The man was trying to get the Democrat presidential nomination for 1876 over the bodies of the Lakota people.

BG George Armstrong Custer was a brilliant Military Officer! Do you know how many 7th Cav troopers won the medal of Honor carol tenge (stupid bitch)????? The damn savages got what they deserved! "Behold the long knives they fight heroically on horse and foot, their uniforms are blue and gold, and power was given unto to them to conquer the savages of the world, for they shall inherit the earth"! I was there 7th Cav Trooper.

what I would like to know is why did they move Custers dead ass to New York---he was the cause of all this

So many ignorant people here.

What on Earth is the fella saying? Im English and not a clue with most of the names mentioned ,surely he does not earn a living talking like hes not sure what hes saying?? And his “ droneing voice”😴😴😴😴😴zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

General Custer was defiant to the end and died a glorious heroic death against a savage blood thirsty enemy! If only the General would have charged with the whole 7th Cavalry in to the village, the savages would have ran like the devil!

The speaker has very poor delivery making an otherwise good video unwatchable.