While in Montana we were able to go see the Little Bighorn Battlefield. I have wanted to see the site forever {I love history} so it was amazing to finally go see where Custer, Sitting Bull, and so many other prominent figures in history fought.
While standing a top a small hill called "Custer's Last Stand", I could just imagine the 7th Cavalry charging into Bighorn Valley, just to realize they were outnumbered by the Indians.
I could imagine the men fighting to the end, right where Aaron and I and so many other people were standing.
I then looked across the valley at the little white headstones, all marking where a U.S. soldier fell on June 25, 1876.
I am thankful Aaron and I drove an extra 40 miles to see "one of the most famous battlefields of the American West".
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| The marker with black on it depicts where Custer fell. He was found on top of a man, who was on top of a horse. |
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| The battle, we read, "took as long as it takes a man to eat his dinner". |
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| The horse, Comanche, was not the only horse that survived. There were others, but they were so badly wounded they needed to be killed. Comanche was the only one spared. |
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| There was anywhere from 36 to 130 Indians killed. The 210 men who rode with Custer were all killed and most were found mutilated. |
Yeah, we read that the way you were killed was the way the Indians thought you went into the afterlife. So for example if they took your eyes out, you wouldn't be able to see in the next world, if they cut your legs off you wouldn't be able to walk, etc.
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ReplyDeleteNot necessarily... :S
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