Your gift for story telling continues to enthrall. You know, that bit about Monacita assisting Custer by knowing the locations of the lodges tells us the Custer probably felt he had finally figured out how to deal with the Indians. When Custer was under Hancock during the Hancock War, the problem that was plaguing them the most (and made Hancock look bad) was just not being able to find the Indians after they had done their raids. All that not-finding-them took their attention off how many of them there were and made Custer cautious about having too many forces making too much noise as they approached an Indian camp. Custer learned that stealth in taking the woman and children hostages and killing their ponies made the raiding go down. He'd noticed stealth also required getting away by stealth if the number of warriors got too large. So Custer had some good reasons for believing he could handle the Little Big Horn on his own. The problem was that Sitting Bull had managed to assemble the largest force Indian warriors there had ever been. Custer didn't think that was possible.
@EndingSimple yes, very true. Stealth and speed. I also agree with you in that the Washita campaign gives us a shadowy sense of what Custer was thinking at the Little Bighorn.
@@SiobhanFallon7 I just recently discovered your channel. Needless to say that your knowledge and presentation is second to none. I am amazed that you as a woman has the deep interest in the topic at hand. Most females could care less about the subject. Again, many, many thanks to you for this presentation!
I love this. There are many similarities to Little Big Horn. Custer going ahead of packs. Elliot, like Custer, running ahead and getting killed. Thanks for this great presentation.
@@sandidavis820 I wish you would provide something more than baseless accusations, Sandi? Perhaps you could start following Native American author and historia Michael Badhand if you so readily and baseless dismiss my presentations. Or even Wikipedia. Or really any book. You are not backing up any of your claims 🤷🏼♀️
What's interesting about the Washita is that a lot of what Custer was trying to do at LBH was the same tactics he tried here. Problem was at LBH, it ws the largest gathering of Northern plains Indians lol
I agree! And the NA camp circles at LBHA were not spread as far apart as they were at the Washita, so the Cheyenne and Lakota warriors needed less time to unite and strike back at the US soldiers. Whereas the soldier columns were spread much farther apart at the LBH, so the soldiers had trouble uniting themselves.
Where to begin to unpack??? So many terrific details... you could go in so many wonderful directions and make soo many extraordinary videos on all these personalities from the soldiers themselves to the native Americans. You're an amazing story teller,,, you bring out the truth and let the viewer decide how they want to interpret history. I mention this only because Netfex has just come out with a supposedly history documentary on Cleopatra. Lots of money, lots of researchers' only to produce a disingenuous video! I believe that you have once again exonerated Gen. Custer, proved contempt on Benteen's part (One of our nation's first leaker to the press) and proven that AMERICAN history truly by itself is worth studying. Encore!!! Encore!!!!!
I tend to lean toward yes. But everything is circumstantial evidence-- there isn't any hard evidence linking the little boy to Custer 🤷🏼♀️ Peter Harrison's Monasetah is a great book if you are interested in the entire history
@@SiobhanFallon7 I’ve been a Custer person since a child. Reading all I could find . Honestly I get torn on his ability as a commander or a person. Putting his decisions in context to the times is difficult sometimes . I understand why he split his forces but still think it was short sighted decision plus I don’t think Reno was ready for his assignment and Benteen seems to be just this side of compliant . Really enjoy your explanation and analysis
Custer's main objective was to neutralize Indian mobility by destroying and or capturing their horses. No horse, no raiding. I've read it was 800/900 horses killed and 200 captured. Custer returned the captives to the reservation as incentives for the others to follow. Ranald Mackenzie, 1874, in a raid against the Indians, captured 1,400 horses and destroyed 1,000.
It was probably true that women captives were sent to officer's tents because they had to be gotten out of the weather, there was more room in an officer's tent and the children were included because somebody had to take care of them.
No, he didn't know. Incredible he pulled this off-- the capturing of women and children and the feint as if he was about to attack, all keeping the superior nimber of warriors at bay.. It all gives insight into what he may have been thinking at the Little Bighorn 8 years later...
Could Custer have been thinking that all he had to do is take hostages as warriors attention was drawn by Reno's attack? Problem was the Indians spotted his flanking attempt as he rode along the ridge. Reno was outnumbered and maybe couldn't sustain his diversion.
It'd be really interesting to learn if Cheyenne warriors gave testimony or comments connecting the two fights right after the LBH battle. Almost all witnesses say they did not realize they were fighting Long Hair/ Custer.
If you haven't done so , you should read the book " I rode with Custer" by private Charles Windolph. It's not a flattering portrayal of Custer. Major Benteen despised Custer for leaving Major Elliot to be annihilated. Karma is a vengeful Bitch ☠️
Yes, I have read the Windolph book! It is very good. Benteen despised Custer for a lot of things. Benteen says of Elliott at the Washita in the Benteen Goldin Letters, p 252: "Elliott, like myself, was "pirating" on his own hook; allowed himself to be surrounded and died like a man." The Benteen Goldin Letters are a great resource if you haven't read it already, and traces many of teh issues Benteen had with Custer. And yes, karma certainly is a b*tch-- Benteen, who had accused Custer of abandoning Elliott at the Washita, would be accused of abandoning Custer at the Little Bighorn for the rest of his days ;)
@Siobhan Fallon , You've obviously done your homework. Libby Custer fomented that opinion publicly. It never got any traction. I'm old. But back in back in the 90s, I watched a PBS documentary that had an interview with Charles Windolphs granddaughter. " My grandfather said that Custer was the meanest son of a bitch that ever sat in a saddle he treated us like dogs". Son of the MORNING Star by Evan Connell, and Crazy Horse and Custer ( I can't remember the author) are also full of information with great bibliographies. I personally believe Custer was an arrogant narcissistic ass. His luck ran out on the bluffs along the Greasy Grass. I believe he was mortally wounded early on as he desended the bluffs to attack the village. His troopers saw him slump over in the saddle and panicked. The attack went sideways, and the command retreated up the bluffs. I believe Wooden Leg stated that if they had continued down the bluff into the village, they would overrun it. They chose to retreat, and it belongs to the ages now. "Custer was a fool he rode to his own death" Gall ,Cheyene. What do you think? Great video👍
I will. You do a fantastic job here...🙏...Custer was always a controverse person for me...i am from Germany...interested in the Old West since i am 12...now I am 60... I dont know your Chanel very long...i think about 8 weeks or so...i always enjoy watching your Videos and all the little details that your talking about 🙏
Okay first off if you think this was a battle your sadly mistaken. These poor innocent Indian people mostly women and children were brutaly murdered by Custer and his band of cut throats who called themselves soldiers. He met his end at a place called the greasy grass on June 25th 1876. Karma is real!
Lots of research here if you want to take a look at the events leading up to the Battle of the Washita. Thanks again! ua-cam.com/play/PLHfg6vohewsz_5UUQNdUfwYvWa5jP_3Jn.html&si=0wqWYopvtwbEDBlw
FYI The Cheyenne woman that Custer raped at the washita massacre went on to have her child and both witnessed his demise at the LBH a very fitting end for a man without honor..
Indeed, American history is dark and complicated, as is most history. But why do you call it "genocide"? There was never any intention to kill all of the native peoples there. If so, Custer would not have ordered the Osage scouts to stop killing women and children, nor would they have taken the 53 women and children captive, including giving them medical attention and food etc. Looking forward to discussing more, and thank you so much for watching!
Delicious story telling. ty
@@sunnyjacksmack thank you, Sunny Jack!!
Your gift for story telling continues to enthrall. You know, that bit about Monacita assisting Custer by knowing the locations of the lodges tells us the Custer probably felt he had finally figured out how to deal with the Indians. When Custer was under Hancock during the Hancock War, the problem that was plaguing them the most (and made Hancock look bad) was just not being able to find the Indians after they had done their raids. All that not-finding-them took their attention off how many of them there were and made Custer cautious about having too many forces making too much noise as they approached an Indian camp. Custer learned that stealth in taking the woman and children hostages and killing their ponies made the raiding go down. He'd noticed stealth also required getting away by stealth if the number of warriors got too large. So Custer had some good reasons for believing he could handle the Little Big Horn on his own. The problem was that Sitting Bull had managed to assemble the largest force Indian warriors there had ever been. Custer didn't think that was possible.
@EndingSimple yes, very true. Stealth and speed.
I also agree with you in that the Washita campaign gives us a shadowy sense of what Custer was thinking at the Little Bighorn.
Really good enjoyed it. Loved it . Very interesting details
@michaelobrien4295 thanks so much, Michael! I hope you like my other videos as well.
Hope to hear from you again! 🙏
This, I beleave, shows Custer's tactical brilliance.
I agree! And also helps us see his plan for the Little Bighorn...
Absolutely fascinating and well done. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. Much love and appreciation from California.❤️🍀🌈😇🙏🏻❣️
Why thank you!! 🙏😊
@@SiobhanFallon7
I just recently discovered your channel. Needless to say that your knowledge and presentation is second to none. I am amazed that you as a woman has the deep interest in the topic at hand. Most females could care less about the subject.
Again, many, many thanks to you for this presentation!
@@SuperDave-vj9en Thank you, Dave! So good of you to take the time to comment! 🙏
I love this. There are many similarities to Little Big Horn. Custer going ahead of packs. Elliot, like Custer, running ahead and getting killed. Thanks for this great presentation.
Right? There are many similarities.
Thank you so much for watching and for adding your fresh insights to the conversation once again!
Very interesting to hear both sides of the story. Well done.
Thank you! 🙏
Keep them coming. Really enjoying your series.
I will!! I keep meaning to try to do shorter videos but I talk too much 🤣 Thank you for the kind words 🙏
Great stuff and well done! I really enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing more! Thank you very much! ❤
Thank YOU so much!! 🙏 It's great to get such generous feedback from you, Scottie.
Hello. I have the utmost respect for your work. Every month I look forward to a new video from you. Great entertainment and very informative.
So good of you! And thanks for being patient. I have so many ideas-- just not always the time to do them. I appreciate you hanging in there 🤗
Of course I will
I am really not happy about your ONE SIDED accounts of custer, he was a murdering good for nothing.
@@sandidavis820 I wish you would provide something more than baseless accusations, Sandi? Perhaps you could start following Native American author and historia Michael Badhand if you so readily and baseless dismiss my presentations. Or even Wikipedia. Or really any book.
You are not backing up any of your claims 🤷🏼♀️
@@sandidavis820 I am willing to learn and/ or read anything you provide that proves the things you say. But history does not support your claims.
What's interesting about the Washita is that a lot of what Custer was trying to do at LBH was the same tactics he tried here. Problem was at LBH, it ws the largest gathering of Northern plains Indians lol
I agree! And the NA camp circles at LBHA were not spread as far apart as they were at the Washita, so the Cheyenne and Lakota warriors needed less time to unite and strike back at the US soldiers.
Whereas the soldier columns were spread much farther apart at the LBH, so the soldiers had trouble uniting themselves.
@@SiobhanFallon7 Agreed especially once Compannies C, L and I collapsed
I agree with all of the above. but I do not believe the story about Ben teen.
Loved your presentation and all the art work and maps. Could you do a video on how you acquire all this and how you research each topic? Fascinating!
Really? Sure, I'd love to do that. Great idea. Thank you. I appreciate suggestions and that would be a really fun one to put together!
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Excellent as always 👏👏👏
Thank you!! Trying to finish one on young Lt Benny Hodgson now....
Love your channel . Thank you.
Thanks so much!!
11:02 That's the 'Call to Post" trumpets in horse racing.😁
Great preset presentation
Thanks, Walter!
Good video thanks.
Much appreciated!!
Where to begin to unpack???
So many terrific details... you could go in so many wonderful directions and make soo many extraordinary videos on all these personalities from the soldiers themselves to the native Americans.
You're an amazing story teller,,, you bring out the truth and let the viewer decide how they want to interpret history.
I mention this only because Netfex has just come out with a supposedly history documentary on Cleopatra. Lots of money, lots of researchers' only to produce a disingenuous video!
I believe that you have once again exonerated Gen. Custer,
proved contempt on Benteen's part (One of our nation's first leaker to the press) and proven that AMERICAN history truly by itself is worth studying.
Encore!!! Encore!!!!!
Oh Hugo, you have a keen and kind eye!!
It's been awhile since I put a video up, thanks for being there for me as always!
Ha ha your Benteen comments 🤣🤣🤣 'first leaker to the press' 🤣
Great story. In Oklahoma we call it the Wash uh tah !!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!
My pronunciation is not always the best 😉🤷🏼♀️
@@SiobhanFallon7 You are doing fine.
@dks13827 thank you 😊 🙏
13:44 This is like a foreshadowing of the Little Bighorn slaughter.
YES!
When will you do a podcast on Monaseetah
I need to do that!! 😬🤦🏼♀️ thanks for the reminder!
I have read a few books which point blank said Custer fathered Monasitas child . What does your research indicate
I tend to lean toward yes. But everything is circumstantial evidence-- there isn't any hard evidence linking the little boy to Custer 🤷🏼♀️
Peter Harrison's Monasetah is a great book if you are interested in the entire history
@@SiobhanFallon7 I’ve been a Custer person since a child. Reading all I could find . Honestly I get torn on his ability as a commander or a person. Putting his decisions in context to the times is difficult sometimes . I understand why he split his forces but still think it was short sighted decision plus I don’t think Reno was ready for his assignment and Benteen seems to be just this side of compliant . Really enjoy your explanation and analysis
Custer's main objective was to neutralize Indian mobility by destroying and or capturing their horses. No horse, no raiding. I've read it was 800/900 horses killed and 200 captured. Custer returned the captives to the reservation as incentives for the others to follow. Ranald Mackenzie, 1874, in a raid against the Indians, captured 1,400 horses and destroyed 1,000.
It was probably true that women captives were sent to officer's tents because they had to be gotten out of the weather, there was more room in an officer's tent and the children were included because somebody had to take care of them.
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Hi!! The ball caps are beautiful! He has all sorts to choose from:
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Custer did not know they had a thousand warriors down stream
No, he didn't know. Incredible he pulled this off-- the capturing of women and children and the feint as if he was about to attack, all keeping the superior nimber of warriors at bay..
It all gives insight into what he may have been thinking at the Little Bighorn 8 years later...
Could Custer have been thinking that all he had to do is take hostages as warriors attention was drawn by Reno's attack? Problem was the Indians spotted his flanking attempt as he rode along the ridge. Reno was outnumbered and maybe couldn't sustain his diversion.
Princess, oh for God sakes
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Genocide of native peoples so sad that Irish men took part in the destruction beautiful culture and people. Thanks for your video’s Siobhan
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Very late but Osage is pronounced OH-sayge.
Thank you!!
The indians did not for get about blac kettle at the little big horn
It'd be really interesting to learn if Cheyenne warriors gave testimony or comments connecting the two fights right after the LBH battle. Almost all witnesses say they did not realize they were fighting Long Hair/ Custer.
If you haven't done so , you should read the book
" I rode with Custer" by private Charles Windolph.
It's not a flattering portrayal of Custer. Major Benteen despised Custer for leaving Major Elliot to be annihilated. Karma is a vengeful Bitch ☠️
Yes, I have read the Windolph book! It is very good.
Benteen despised Custer for a lot of things. Benteen says of Elliott at the Washita in the Benteen Goldin Letters, p 252: "Elliott, like myself, was "pirating" on his own hook; allowed himself to be surrounded and died like a man." The Benteen Goldin Letters are a great resource if you haven't read it already, and traces many of teh issues Benteen had with Custer.
And yes, karma certainly is a b*tch-- Benteen, who had accused Custer of abandoning Elliott at the Washita, would be accused of abandoning Custer at the Little Bighorn for the rest of his days ;)
@Siobhan Fallon , You've obviously done your homework.
Libby Custer fomented that opinion publicly.
It never got any traction.
I'm old. But back in back in the 90s, I watched a PBS documentary that had an interview with Charles Windolphs granddaughter. " My grandfather said that Custer was the meanest son of a bitch that ever sat in a saddle he treated us like dogs". Son of the MORNING Star by Evan Connell, and Crazy Horse and Custer ( I can't remember the author) are also full of information with great bibliographies.
I personally believe Custer was an arrogant narcissistic ass. His luck ran out on the bluffs along the Greasy Grass. I believe he was mortally wounded early on as he desended the bluffs to attack the village. His troopers saw him slump over in the saddle and panicked. The attack went sideways, and the command retreated up the bluffs. I believe Wooden Leg stated that if they had continued down the bluff into the village, they would overrun it. They chose to retreat, and it belongs to the ages now.
"Custer was a fool he rode to his own death"
Gall ,Cheyene.
What do you think? Great video👍
Very hateful aren't you?
Sorry...Custer attached an unsaved village that hade their protect from the US ARMY....
Please keep watching my Washita videos, especially the Chief Black Kettle bio and the one about Clara Blinn!
I will. You do a fantastic job here...🙏...Custer was always a controverse person for me...i am from Germany...interested in the Old West since i am 12...now I am 60...
I dont know your Chanel very long...i think about 8 weeks or so...i always enjoy watching your Videos and all the little details that your talking about 🙏
@@UdoMekelburg thank you! I appreciate you taking a look and would love to hear more of your insights.
Nice to "meet" you here!
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Nice to "meet" you here 🙏 You are a fantastic historian...text you at your Cara Blinn Video soon
I cant support him for doing that....
How can any White American look at those events with anything but shame
Thanks for commenting, John.
Okay first off if you think this was a battle your sadly mistaken. These poor innocent Indian people mostly women and children were brutaly murdered by Custer and his band of cut throats who called themselves soldiers. He met his end at a place called the greasy grass on June 25th 1876. Karma is real!
I'd be very curious to read the eyewitness testimony you base this on, Mr. Dugan?
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Lots of research here if you want to take a look at the events leading up to the Battle of the Washita. Thanks again!
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Your research is flawed. A massacre is not a battle. I suppose you think Wounded Knee was a battle also?
@josephdugan4955 happy to read your research and I am always willing to learn more! Please share your reading list. Thanks!
FYI The Cheyenne woman that Custer raped at the washita massacre went on to have her child and both witnessed his demise at the LBH a very fitting end for a man without honor..
Washita would be called a genocide today. American history is difficult.
Indeed, American history is dark and complicated, as is most history. But why do you call it "genocide"?
There was never any intention to kill all of the native peoples there. If so, Custer would not have ordered the Osage scouts to stop killing women and children, nor would they have taken the 53 women and children captive, including giving them medical attention and food etc.
Looking forward to discussing more, and thank you so much for watching!