The Truth About General Custer

[fmdog44]

No one knows but one account from a Lakota member I watched on youtube said he had one hole in his chest and one in his forehead. He had short hair and was not wearing his buckskin coat The Lakotas took nothing from his corpse because he committed suicide making him a coward and if you took from a coward you will act as one. I am guessing the short hair an absence of his buckskin coat was his idea of making the warriors believe he was not Custer. Apparently many soldiers committed suicide when they knew they had no chance of survival. Apparently there were about 7,000 Indians. This account also claims there were seven tribes total in the battles at the Little Big Horn area and four soldiers commanders.

 

[jerry old]

custer was inept, but his decisions not only resulted in his death but the death of his troops-idiot

 

[jujube]

When we went to the Little Big Horn battle site, we took the tour sponsored by the hospitality department of the local reservation's community college.

The narration was from the Native American viewpoint. Very, very informative.

 

[Mr. Ed]

I believe history, history is true, history never lies. trust history

 

[Pepper]

You believe Herodotus? Not that he lied but he must have embellished. Is your belief satirical?

 

[Keesha]

I believe history, history is true, history never lies. trust history

It depends whose history you are hearing.
Everyone has their own personal perspective or their own truth.

 

[fmdog44]

The Indians kept no written record of anything therefore word-of-mouth rules not forgetting half of what has been written about our old west history is lies.

 

[Gaer]

It depends whose history you are hearing.
Everyone has their own personal perspective or their own truth.

I'm not sure the Sioux descendant's stories are correct. I have some extremely old books with accounts of the battle and they don't hold with his stories. (I grew up in Custer County)
I've always held the Sioux warriors in the highest esteem. They were handsome, proud, brave and highly evolved IMO.
I wonder why he would find it necessary to demean Custer's legacy?

 

[Murrmurr]

custer was inept, but his decisions not only resulted in his death but the death of his troops-idiot

Based on stuff I've read, Custer was an egomaniac.

 

[fmdog44]

I'm not sure the Sioux descendant's stories are correct. I have some extremely old books with accounts of the battle and they don't hold with his stories. (I grew up in Custer County)
I've always held the Sioux warriors in the highest esteem. They were handsome, proud, brave and highly evolved IMO.
I wonder why he would find it necessary to demean Custer's legacy?

First there were many tribes not just the Sioux as portrayed in stupid movies that engaged the troops. Some say there were seven different tribes waging war. Maybe we demean Custer because we can and rarely has anything glorifying the man been written by anyone.

 

[Keesha]

I'm not sure the Sioux descendant's stories are correct. I have some extremely old books with accounts of the battle and they don't hold with his stories. (I grew up in Custer County)
I've always held the Sioux warriors in the highest esteem. They were handsome, proud, brave and highly evolved IMO.
I wonder why he would find it necessary to demean Custer's legacy?

I hold the Sioux warriors in the highest esteem also but I don’t really know the story since I wasn’t there. I also wonder about many history books and how accurate they are. Like; was Christopher Columbus the first person to discover America but what about the Vikings there first? Plus what about natives of the land they didn’t know about? Yes off topic somewhat. Lol
A lot of stuff is written disregarding other perspectives which lessens it’s credibility.

 

[Pepper]

According to this, Custer was a stalwart officer surrounded by corrupt idiots:

 

[Murrmurr]

I hold the Sioux warriors in the highest esteem also but I don’t really know the story since I wasn’t there. I also wonder about many history books and how accurate they are. Like; was Christopher Columbus the first person to discover America but weren’t the Vikings there first? Plus what about natives of the land they didn’t know about?
A lot of stuff is written disregarding other perspectives which lessens it’s credibility.

History is complex. Children's text books simplify everything, and it's true that sometimes they flat out get it wrong or purposefully leave a bunch of stuff out, especially if it reflects poorly on the early colonists, citizens, policies and government.

Columbus wasn't the first to "discover" America, but as far as we know he was the first to proclaim it in the name of the king; as belonging to Spain. That's what that's all about....an official land-grab.

 

[Tish]

The Lakotas took nothing from his corpse because he committed suicide making him a coward and if you took from a coward you will act as one.

Wow, I had no idea about that belief.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Here is an account that supports the suicide theory.

https://nevada-today.com/did-custer-commit-suicide/

 

[Keesha]

History is complex. Children's text books simplify everything, and it's true that sometimes they flat out get it wrong or purposefully leave a bunch of stuff out, especially if it reflects poorly on the early colonists, citizens, policies and government.

Columbus wasn't the first to "discover" America, but as far as we know he was the first to proclaim it in the name of the king; as belonging to Spain. That's what that's all about....an official land-grab.

An official land grab. Yes.
The reason I don’t believe a lot of history is because it’s written in a biased manner for reasons other than providing true history.
I felt sorry for the Indians.
https://www.history.com/news/little-bighorn-battle-facts-causes

 

[Llynn]

"Son of the Morning Star" IMHO is among the best books about Custer and the battle.

 

[Lewkat]

Ancient history is largely oral and depending on how one hears it told is what we wind up with. Interpreting ancient writings is also a hit and miss situation, but we have to use some common sense in what to believe based on the environment of the day, etc. First of all, Custer was far too young to be a general for heaven's sake.

 

[fmdog44]

The verbal account I saw the Native Indian said it was obvious some of the soldiers shot each other so they would not be tortured. Also there were so many arrows flying many Indians were found to be killed arrows. Whatever happened I love the Old West history and all phases of it. I would not like to live in those days but I love to read about them. Wyatt Earp is one of the most interesting figures of those days.

 

[Buckeye]

And if you are ever in lovely Monroe, MI, you will want to visit the Custer Statue

Custer Statue

Yes, I've seen it. Custer was a West Point graduate (1861), as is my son. As I recall , Custer was last in his class, making him the class "goat".

 

[cdestroyer]

there is so much wrong in this post I aint even gonna try ! ! !

 

[Keesha]

there is so much wrong in this post I aint even gonna try ! ! !

Which one? .. lol

 

[fmdog44]

there is so much wrong in this post I aint even gonna try ! ! !

Like the rest of us you weren't there so you don't know either.

 

[cdestroyer]

number one.. custer was not a general at the little big horn!
and why even today people still think columbus discovered america is beyond me!!

 

[Verisure]

No one knows but one account from a Lakota member I watched on youtube said he had one hole in his chest and one in his forehead. He had short hair and was not wearing his buckskin coat The Lakotas took nothing from his corpse because he committed suicide making him a coward and if you took from a coward you will act as one. I am guessing the short hair an absence of his buckskin coat was his idea of making the warriors believe he was not Custer. Apparently many soldiers committed suicide when they knew they had no chance of survival. Apparently there were about 7,000 Indians. This account also claims there were seven tribes total in the battles at the Little Big Horn area and four soldiers commanders.

This makes a whole lot more sense than the official version. Aren't they always?