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A superb presentation. Context is so very important. This is the best overall presentation I've seen on the history of the plains during this time!

What a waste! I could have read the whole thing and got the same thing from it. You're at the damned battlefield man. You must know a picture is worth a thousand words. A map, horseback tour or drone shots could have made the whole exercise crystal clear instead of all the verbiage.

someone should make a new one with custer on a cell phone (while getting shot at) with a thought bubble that say's "where the Fu** are you BENTEEN? We're all going to die out here!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TEN MINUTES AGO YOU FU**"

someone should make one with custer on a cell phone (while getting shot at) with a thought bubble that say's "where the Fu** are you BENTEEN? We're all going to die out here!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TEN MINUTES AGO YOU FU**"

Great video. It’s interesting all the arrows that more than likely was raining down at the end on last stand hill but custard didn’t have any arrow wounds.

great lecture.....love the passion

Thankyou. The info on firearms and arrowheads was very informative.

Excellent and detailed talk.

Love it when evidence establishes a true narrative of timelines & actions. Well done.

4. Final comment. Custer watched Reno deploy his skirmish line. He got to Ford B ASAP, 2 miles away from Reno due to the bluffs preventing closer support. Custer did his best to support Reno. If Reno had held on anither 30 minutes then the course of the battle could have been a long odds victory for the 7th, OR a total massacre in the valley bottom, defested in detail. Either way it wouid have made an even greater Hollywood movie. Reno and Benteen let their commander down, ending up ignobly besieged on their little bluff top hollow, only to be rescued by 200 infantrymen with their long Tom Springfield rifles.

3. By the time the memorial stones were brought the bohes were scattered all over hell's half acre by predators and it was pure guesswork to place them. But Lt Maguire saw the truth of the matter 2 days after the battle. There was no Ford D recon. No attempt to capture non combatants. The Custer wing fought for it's survival from Ford B to last stand hill and it was all over quickly, abour 2 hours from the medecine tail retreat to game over.

2. Lt Edward Maguire's report describes a running fight all thd way from Ford B to last stand hill. E co makes a stand at Deep Ravine likely using the steep gulch to hide their horses and use the ravine slopes as a breastwork for a skirmish line. 28 bodies were found in this ravine. They bought time for a consolidation on last stand hill. It always seemed NONSENSICAL to me that E Co would deploy off last stand hill to charge diwnhill 500 yards into a ravine full of warriors. Maguire says their was a line of bodies killed reyreating TO last stand hill FROM deep ravine. He was there two days after the battle. 3.

I recently downloaded the Lt Edward Maguire map and his July 1876 engineer report of the LBH battle. He clearly maps and states that the Custer wing travelled over Weir Pt direct to Ford B. Two days after the battle, from the location of bodies, he reports that the Custer wing was repulsed at Ford B and retreated to Calhoun hill/ Finley ridge in two columns with a company sized stand made at Calhoun Hill. Two parallel retreats were made. The left battalion along Calhoun coulee to Deep Ravine - there another company sized stand was made (likely E). The retreat objective for both left and right battalions was Last Stand hill which was 'thickly carpeted with bodies'. The right btn, under Keogh (L, I cos) did not make it to last stand hill. C co MAY have been split into two halves, balancing the L/R btns. According to Maguire the column fought all the way from Ford B (medicine tail coulee). No Richard Fox scenario from the Terry column engineer looking at the field 2 days after the battle with an expert eye. I believe Lt Edward Maguire.

Very well presented, thank you.

Very interesting stuff! Too bad cameraman doesn't know how to keep the mike cleared. Maybe he can get it right next time.

You always give very informative presentations. I've learned alot from you even though I've studied this all my life. Thank you

My great grandpa 'crow killer' used the trade gun. Awesome video. Very interesting:) thank you for sharing

Philip Sheridan first made the statement that the Comanche were the best light cavalry in the history of human warfare. We had only the year before this battle been forced onto the Ft Sill Reservation by Col. Ranald MacKenzie and the buffalo soldiers after a 40+year war, the longest Indian War in US History.

Should we all just ignore 10 or so witnesses who placed Custer on Weir HILL? And the 1/2doz+ who see the troops move down South Coulee? DeRudio, who saw Custer up there. Varnum, who saw the gray troops behind the bluffs, explained it at the RCOI and marked it on an 1891 map. Martin, who said Custer waved from there, told how they went down south coulee, & ran into a C Trooper in South Coulee on his way back up it. Curley, who showed Camp how they 'went down in the valley of the tributary behind the ridge running SOUTH of Edgerly Peaks'. Edgerly, who says he advanced 'a few hundred yards then swung off to the right into a little valley', Crow scouts, who said 'Custer saw Reno fight then turn down south coulee'. Hostiles saw them in there. Get over the notion of Weir PEAKS (Aka Edgerly peaks, Reno peaks) - and look up Herendeen at the RCOI and Weir HILL. Then find DeRudio & Martin confirm where it is and explain what happened there (and what didn't - i.e. 'Weir's advance/troops did not advance to that point'). Then look up & find Camp and Martin and Curley on site explain it all. See how Benteen confirmed, WITH DeRudio and Martin and marked it a G on his sketch. Find more Camp tell you exactly where it is. Grab a copy of the 1891 USGS to find/see it. Then re-read Thompson and Goldin and the scouts. It ALL makes sense - it all corroborates. In 1876 the 'highest point in that vicinity' according to Martin, DeRudio and Herendeen was Weir HILL. It was 3500' in 1891. It is 2500' from Edgerly Peaks. it is 1700' from Reno's retreat up. Its about 1/2mile from Reno Corral. What happened after Custer waved from there is clearly explained by Curley and Martin with Camp. And ALL the scouts said the same thing. French described how the trail went over the 'saddle of the high ground' - NOT WEIR PEAKS (which are another 2500' away - THEY are NOT 'about 1/2mile from Reno Corral', and NOT "just down from where DeWolf got killed"). The PEAKS? THATS the myth! A dozen or so witnesses all agreeing on near exactly the same event (Viewing & waving & cheering) occurring at near exactly the same place? AND what happened after? Yep - This is not a myth; it is not a mystery...why some refuse to believe it is.

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The US breaks every tready with every country. Factual history and current events of the USG is nothing for any decent person to be proud of. They are still spreading death & destruction and occupying and robbing every nation they can. Praise God fir Putin. The world may see peace before long.

Middle Coulee makes sense. Custer was not out scouting for a good picnic sight. Time for engagement of the Indians was pressing. Middle C. provided much quicker access to the River. Now that said, not worth arguing about. Did not change the outcome. But we will always ruminate for answers.

A great battle talk indeed.

Tom we met last June 2022. I am the ancestor of little soldier don't know if you remember.

God gave America his warning with the Civil War. White people will ultimately find a way to wipe themselves out, all in the name of Greed.

Excellent

Best rendition i ever heard , cheers Tanya

Very good , thank you .

Your very informative about your culture I am quileute from la push Washington. I was taught by my elders our tribal ways. And very proud to have been able to learn from my elders who passed away. We as native people must remember who we are and teach the next generation never loose our identity. I enjoy watching you speak you are a woman worrior a teacher we natives are blessed with beautiful women and you are a strong and beautiful woman thank you.

Last stand bullshit he was dead and hauled up to that last stand Hill maybe he finished himself off with his awesome webly

Very informative.

I saw the "Little Big Man" film at its Premiere in Denmark and it was a long film of I think 3 hours by then! I have later seen versions which have been cut to pieces, with a lot of the original film and stuff missing, making parts of the film absurd.

That was Very interesting Tanya. Thank You 💖😊💖👍 for Sharing Your thoughts and Information.

I don’t believe this scenario.

Good stuff, I loved my visit their, one of the hidden gems of our park system, totally changed how i saw that battle

what happened at 11:30 min?

Wait, your interpretation changes as you get new data? I thought that the science was settled once there was consensus. Who would have thought?

brilliant presentation

If only Reno hadn’t been a coward and remained fighting in trees. Wouldn’t have allowed natives to bring pincer movement on Custer.

Very interesting thank you

Why put roads through a sacred battlefield 🙄

It's possible Custer's brigade stayed down and then traversed Cedar Coulee after Custer rode to the top of Weir Point to recon the village. This would maintain the element of surprise by keeping the giant dust cloud behind the ridge as they flanked. Not even sure why I'm arguing this or why it even matters...

thanks again

Excellent

This is one of the greatest things I've seen on KZfaq.

With all those Eyewitness testimony’s both Soldier and Crow scout- how on Earth was a different scenario/tactic of approach espoused? The Only reason I can think why-is somewhere early on Sources close to Custer we’re attempting to hide Custer’s blatant foolishness and arrogance that amounted to the loss of so many Soldiers! A surprise attack on a sleeping Indian Village -killing women and children and scattering warriors worked in the recent past--Didn’t work this time!

Fantastic presentation. I’ve seen countless talks on the battle and this certainly ranks among the best I’ve seen on the native perspective. Well done.

Terrific presentation, Mr. Donahue. Question. Is there a wind muff on the microphone? If not, you guys should get one.

John Martin, Giovannetti Martini.. were there two buglers who delivered messages?