Tango01  | 09 Jan 2024 5:02 p.m. PST |
…at the Little Bighorn
Of possible interest?
Free to read
link
Armand
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| Garryowen | 10 Jan 2024 4:19 a.m. PST |
Good find Armand. Thanks. Tom |
| Tango01 | 10 Jan 2024 3:23 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami…
Armand
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| BillyNM | 11 Jan 2024 11:40 p.m. PST |
A good read, although being 20+ years old really shows. I doubt many would refer to those choosing not to live on a reservation as "wild Indians" if writing today. |
| Garryowen | 12 Jan 2024 5:51 a.m. PST |
But they were wild. And why is wild considered a negative description? Reservation life was dull and boring. Unfortunately you are right that no one would have the guts to use the term today. Tom |
| Grattan54 | 12 Jan 2024 11:33 a.m. PST |
They weren't wild, they are not animals. They had a culture and society and organized way of life. They wanted to continue that way of life and not live on a reservation. |
| 35thOVI | 12 Jan 2024 2:51 p.m. PST |
In today's society, Should we now refer to them as being: reservation impaired? 😉 |
| Tango01 | 12 Jan 2024 4:02 p.m. PST |
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| ron skirmisher | 14 Jan 2024 10:08 a.m. PST |
A great find, I have ridden the Battlefield on Horseback with a Crow/Guide, owner of the Horse's.
A great experience. Lots of Dead space on the field, and
with June thick/knee high grass -- a lot of cover for Indians on foot.
Yes, the Crow and the Apache perfer ( Indians ) to the
PC Bull#*% they consider Native Americans is, which could be
many people beside them. |
| 42flanker | 14 Jan 2024 10:23 a.m. PST |
"Wild" as in 'untamed,' perhaps ? Yes, the Crow and the Apache perfer ( Indians ) to the
PC Bull#*% they consider Native Americans is Ironic, really. That is to say, perhaps a contradiction in terms, since one might assume an American to be someone who followed in the footsteps of Amerigo Vespucci. |
| DJCoaltrain | 01 Feb 2024 2:43 p.m. PST |
Nope, not going to say anything. I wrote an undergrad paper on the same subject, circa 74-75. I came to much different conclusions. I asserted that LTC Custer fought the battle using out moded Indian fighting tactics while ignoring the strategic plan of action. |
| DJCoaltrain | 01 Feb 2024 2:47 p.m. PST |
Grattan54 – Excellent observations. ++ |
| P Carl Ruidl | 19 Apr 2024 7:14 a.m. PST |
Bill NM & Grattan: I understand your post-1968 concerns regarding Indian culture, but please remember the bigger picture. You're complaining about Nero's bad fiddling while Rome is ablaze. Terminology changes with every generation. Custer's decision's were only made once. |
| Jeffers | 20 Apr 2024 11:09 a.m. PST |
Wild? They were livid. Good find Tango, cheers! |
