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Custer was absolutely at fault. Whatever you think about the oppression of the Plains peoples, Little Bighorn was a monumental self-inflicted defeat from a purely tactical standpoint, by an all around incompetent commander. The cult of Custer was almost entirely the result of efforts by his wife.
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Custer wanted to be President, and felt a victory would help that cause. Did not go well…
Fantastic historical fictional account of this was Little Big Man, a very underrated movie. Brilliant. Humorous, dramatic, serious, introspective. Directed by Arthur Penn, who also directed The Miracle Worker and Bonnie and Clyde. Hoffman was great as usual, as were Chief Dan George (Academy Award Nomination), Faye Dunaway and Martin Balsam.
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News travels much more quickly now than it did then, but sometimes it doesn’t seem to be any more accurate.
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From the article next to the one about General Custer…
The Yellowstone valley, From Mr. Countryman’s ranch to the mouth of the Yellow stone river, is not worth, and never will be for agricultural purposes, ten cents an acre. I may not be a good judge of its value…
Seems like there was a lot of folks that didn’t understand the ways of the west. Agriculture, no, but it’s worth to the American people is beyond price.
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