The Last Survivors of Little Bighorn: Dewey Beard & a horse named Comanche
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- This is a tale of two survivors. One, affectionately known as Comanche, was an 8-year veteran of the U.S. military. He was first wounded in battle against hostiles on the southern plains in 1868. And, when Custer led the charge at the Battle of Little Big Horn, our veteran was right there with him. Wounded an astonishing seven times, he somehow survived and spent the next year recuperating. And, as you can imagine, he was showered in respect for the rest of his life and, upon his death, was sent off with full military honors. The other survivor was Dewey Beard, also known as Iron Hail. A teenager during the Battle of the Greasy Grass. He fled to Canada with Sitting Bull but eventually returned to the U.S. and settled upon a reservation. Unfortunately, the Army came calling again. Once again it was the 7th Cavalry and once again, it was a massacre. This time on a little creek called Wounded Knee. #wildwest #history #nativeamerican
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You're a good man Josh for talking about the plight of the Indians and every day that our government doesn't go back and rectify their predicament is just an other slap in their face. Thank you for the platform to vent my frustrations as a 1/4 breed Cherokee Indian. My father was a 1/2 breed and his mother was a Full Blooded Cherokee Indian and I am extremely proud of my heritage.
Hoka Hey. Thank you Josh for telling Dewey’s story to us. And those buried at Wounded Knee and a glimpse of the Sioux. It’s still a tough life, prayers for them and you sir.
Norman, Oglala Sioux. Fan
Thank you, Norman
+1 for Hoka Hey!
Grrr. SHAME on those that dishonored these heroes.
Waste yelo
What is Hoka Hey?
My wife’s aunt remember him as a child at Lakota homes in Rapid. Said he made her brother a bow and I have possession of his autograph.
Oh wow, that's pretty cool
Where’s the bow now?????
🛑🧢
The surprise reveal was great!
FINALLY! By far my favorite podcast tied with legends of the old west. Keep up the awesome work!
I was 3 years old when he died in 1955. We shared the same air. 🤠🤠
Crazy huh?
Always great to see a post from the best "Western" storyteller on the net
Damn Skippy I go straight to the download button.
Wow that's amazing Dewey died 5 years before I was born it makes you realize time is short
By Far you are the best of tellers and one who has dignity and respect... thank you..
Thank you
Great Job again👍 love your oratory style! Plain and simple-Wounded Knee’ was retaliation from the 7th Cavalry after the Humiliating defeat by a cocky General that led his troops into a battle that didn’t need to be! Attack a sleeping Village and kill women,children, young & old had been the protocol of the past-but it didn’t work out. So years later the 7th Cavalry cut down Sioux in dead of winter. Big Foot’s band was in the casualty’s. That morning-The 7th set up 2 Hotchkiss’ light artillery Revolving Cannons on a hill overlooking the Village and let loose a barrage! The Rest is History-A sad bit of History🇺🇸 God Bless the Sioux families that carried on. RIP🙏Dewey Beard.
I am sorry for MY white brothers they are rapping still today with the old people try to forgive me for what I did to all mankind. I am 76 and would give back to ALL. Ihad no part in slavery or you the real people of this land. But I don't feel guilty. I am sorry.
Brother you always come through! Laid up in bed today, and we get a new episode. You are a saint! And another great episode!
Josh:Interesting story & delivery once again.Your philanthropy is also appreciated.Thank you!🌎
Great job Josh. I learn a lot from you.
Another gem! Lots of accurate info, solid research and an entertaining delivery. Thank you for all your hard work and also the sheer entertainment. Like I said before, you're the best thing since Wild West Magazine. There is an interesting story about the robbery of the monument to Chief Two Moon of the Cheyenne that supposedly included Little Big Horn battle artifacts among other things I would love to hear you tackle if you ever run low on topics. Thanks Friend, Peace & Stay Safe. Thanks especially for this episode.
Thanks Chip
I vigorously second that. Consistently excellent across the board.
Thank you for the solid info and amazing story.
He’s story was not a sweet yarn, but it was a great one. Dewey Beard sounds like a real man who saw a great hunk of life and, thanks to you, will now, hopefully, be remembered. You done good Josh ( hope I spelt your name right ). Thanks, man.
It's actually spelled Jahhhche. Thank you, though.
@@WildWestExtravaganza Wow, that’s freaky - that’s the way my name is pronounced.
Haha
Damn it, Josh you're a lot more than a 'mere' podcaster. You are a real revolutionary and I salute the hell out of you! Keep it up!
Ha!
Love you're stories, I listen to them while working delivering auto parts overnight. I'd like to suggest something for you to study up on and hopefully make story. The early years of Oklahoma City, the last wild west town. In one day (land run 1889) it went from a stop on Santa Fe railroad with just handful of people to a tent city of over 10,000 and there was no "true" law enforcement for the first year or two. If you look up "Hell's Half Acre" you'll find short story from local PBS station about this area of the town. Maybe it will strike your curiosity and make you want to find out more about town that was settled by people that was trying to make it and probably there last chance
I always love to hear the stories about the native wars! Your a great bedtime story teller too. Keep it up 👍🏻
Another good one. Thanks, Josh.
Dewey Beard was a scraper, to say the least. I was two when he died. I was born in Xenia ,Ohio. Two miles south of what today is called Old Town. In the mid 1700 hundreds, it was the Shawnee town of Chillicothe, one of the largest of the tribes villages. Vast corn fields surrounded the village. Some say the birthplace of Tecumseh was nearby. In 1779 and 1780 the village was attacked and burned by Kentucky militia. They were applying a scorched earth policy to the Shawnee and Miami tribes. It worked the Chillicothe branch split, half moving to Missouri. The rest moved away. The treaty of Greenville forced the tribes north and into Indiana. Southern Ohio was surveyed by Virginia Military survey for distribution to Virginia Revolutionary Veterans. The first to move in were the Kentucky veterans of the 1779 and 1780 raids. Do not get me started on William Henry Harrison!
I started listening a couple weeks ago and I love your channel! keep up the good work, I've always had a good time with my time spent in Texas. Have a good one!
Another great contribution! Thanks so much.
I have visited Comanche a couple of times and for him having Lawrence as his final resting place is somewhat of a tragedy in itself.
My uncle fought with 7th cav GARRY OWEN in nam 70-71 he received bronze star WITH V device multiple purple hearts 💜 he passed in 2017 the Orenge got him rip bobby
Wow. Rip Bobby.
@@WildWestExtravaganza thanks bro 🤗 and thank you for the awesome content me & my wife love it
Which troop was he in?! I was C troop 7th 2002-2008!
Respect
I so enjoy all your podcast I love the Western history also love that it's more than 15 minutes long Your vivid description and details just takes me there can't wait for the next you're a legend Josh 😜
I'm a babbling fool, but I'm glad you enjoy it
@@WildWestExtravaganza well I like the babbling it's more realistic not reading it word from word out of a book And a quote from blazing saddles you like to keep your audience riveted 😂
@@WildWestExtravaganza You are a LONG way from a babbling fool, but it's nice to see a touch of humility in a person FOR A CHANGE! Thanks Friend!
Pilamaye ye, thankyou for telling this story, we still live on reservations, were still fighting for our human rights, were not allowed to do well or be successful, we killed Custer they'll never forgive us. We are forced to be American but we will always be Lakota oyate, Lakota people.
when you are a kid the custer saga and even the civil war were history i love this period in your history i remember a woman that was a friend of my gran who had a photo on her wall of a union cavalry soldier it was her father this was in the 70s can you imagine that here in ireland me as kid knowing the daughters of a civil war veteran very few irish returned home but he did and it was years after the civil war it was that which turned me to your history civil war period my main interest or as gary adelman would call a loser nerd and to think now in 2022 the last veterans of the civil war and custers last stand died just 6 years before my birth and heres the strange thing captain myles keoghs birthplace and family home is a minutes drive from me
Hey, that's true...we never hear about the Irish that returned. Interesting.
Amazing story, thanks for you thoughts and commentary
Thanks for listening
The soldier you were referring to in the video that was wounded it was Comanche. it was a horse of one of the soldiers. it was the only survivor of the little big horn battled, and it was pampered after that until it's death, and then it was stuffed, and it's on display. I don't know exactly where it's on display at, I forget. I think it's Kansas.
HooRah ! The travesty and the crimes heaped upon these people, is disgusting. I'm ashamed of the of my heritage except the drop or two of native blood I was blessed with. Thanks for your honesty when you speak of the way this man should've been respected.
It's a human thing
Im digusted your ashamed of who you are.
DAMN YOU JOSH!!! Jus funnin'. That was the best one yet. I read 'Bury My Heart a Wounded Knee" and it broke my heart so much that it kept me from reading/watching anymore stories about how we abused these Americans. I'm really glad you made this one. Thank you so much. I wish I had Elon's money. In general, but, I would love to pay it forward to these folks.
If you haven't already read "the last days of the souix nation" by Robert Utley. It gives a really detailed account of what was going on in that time frame leading up and after of Wounded Knee.
I will have to check out that book.
Absolutely excellent 👏 👏👏 Thank you for this 👍
Long live all indigenous peoples!
My pleasure
I've been "patiently " waiting.
Thanks !
Had to revisit . ❤the outrage. Cheers 🎉
Finally got around to checking out your spotify. Keep up the great work. I'm sure you'll get the full 5 stars before long. You definitely deserve it. Hope you also get more traffic here. Hang in there like a hair in a biscuit.
Thanks for listening!
Really enjoyed this perspective and you tell the stories very well. It’s not often I find out “New” things about this battle, and the added saga of the aftermath is very interesting.
Well there you go. As you were describing the brave soldier & how he was celebrated, I knew you must be referring to Comanche. But, as a kid, when I first heard Johhny Horton, & all through my life, right until this episode, I always assumed Comanche was Custer's horse. Thank you Cowpoke
Thank you Josh for this episode it just keeps making me sick how the Indians were so mistreated and they were portrayed as villains ! Thanks again Josh keep up the good work I thoroughly enjoy your episodes
At the end of this amazing book :The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (Revised) there is a picture of bighorn survivours youngest was 80 oldest ever 100
This book shows how dedicated to ritual the oglala were.
American Indians and the fight for freedom fascinates me...
Keep up the good work work
Another great video Josh. Always look forward to your new podcasts. Definitely looking forward to the episode on Joaquin Murrietta. I had first heard of him when I was watching a documentary about Tiburcio Vasquez.
Hope it doesn't disappoint!
Josh thank you for saying what needs to be said.
Thank you, kind sir!
I myself view Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse to be some of the best American generals along the same ranks as we view Generals Grant and Eisenhower and they’re worthy of more honor than what’s been given to them to this day.
There is a book by decathlon winner Billy Mills of the Lakota.
WOKINI a new begining.
Thanx Josh . The message was great .
I totally agree with this video . Everything you are saying in this video is 100 percent true ! THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA...
Thanks for your great research my friend ❤ Mitakuye Oyasin,.
My cousin was Mark Kellogg ✌🏼😎
BTW You’ve got a real knack for this, and your voice is right up there with Lauren Green… IMO😉🥰
Wow, thank you! But who's Lauren Green?
@@WildWestExtravaganza. Sorry misspelled Lorne Green, “Ringo” “Bonanza” 🤭
Yes! Little big horn! Keep it up brother love from San Antonio
Great story my brother
Thanks for listening
Chief gall lost his wife and daughter in the Reno battle fought hard to push to force the several hundred American soldiers in full retreat! Chief gall later rode his horse to fight against custers seventh calvery soldiers at the last stand Hill to the Great sioux victory! Near a decade before the wounded knee massacre! Chief gall's hunkpapa Lakota and Oglala sioux Lakota encampment. The soldiers crossed the frozen river on January 2, 1881 the battle of the popular river. The American soldiers opened fire with their powerful weapons. Over an hour the Lakota sioux people were fighting in the near by hills. The American soldiers made the poor Lakota sioux people surrender and eight innocent people died on the battle field especially one poor Lakota woman crying to end the fighting! Chief gall look like an old Roman General when handed his weapon to the American military commander. The soldiers made the poor submitted Lakota sioux people walk over twenty miles in sub zero temperatures to Ford Burford ND were they become prisoners of war! The Lakota sioux war no one talks about?
You are the best old west historian!
I'm not a historian but thank you!
@@WildWestExtravaganza maybe not on paper but you are pretty close to a historian.
Thanks 👍👍👍👍
Welcome 👍
Was wondering - have you ever wanted to do an episode on yourself? How exactly you got into being so interested in Wild West history? I'd like to hear your story
I actually did, a long time ago but I deleted it.
Tell it brother. Great episode
Thank you
Your channel is excellent! And I rarely say that. I am familiar with much of what you cover and I have yet to hear incorrect information which is otherwise SO common yet presented as fact. I also really respect and appreciate when you acknowledge the limits of your knowledge of facts. Please keep posting content. Strong work, as they say.
Wow, thank you!
Another good one 👍
Great video! Quality, interesting information as always. Good voice also, like a young Tom Bodett. Top notch
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome content as always 👍
Not No ,BUT HELL NO!!!
NO ONE SHOULD BE KICKED OFF THEIR OWN LAND. NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHO, NO MATTER WHERE!!!
NOT THEN AND NOT NOW!!!
I EVEN LOST AN ANCESTOR IN THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN AND YES WE WERE WRONG FOR EVER EVEN BEING THERE.
Im going to stop with saying that i wish i could have met DEWEY BEARD.
SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS ONE HELL OF A MAN!!!
GREAT STORY AS USUAL.
THANK YOU !
I saw "Comanche " at the U of K in the late 70's at the age of 6 or 7...loved it, core memory.!...
Another great episode.
Can’t wait for your take on Frank Finkel.
Good job Sir!👍✌😎
Man, it's about time we got another video lol
Nice Nice!!! Thanks brother we appreciate you....
I really enjoyed this episode and have very similar thoughts on how we have treated the native Americans.....
You need to watch the tv movie Son of the Morning Star from 1991. It still to this day has the most accurate portrayal of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the events leading up to it to this day.
I'll check it out
@@WildWestExtravaganza it's free on UA-cam.
What a man
Dude! Your video Crack! Can't get enough!! My #1 video channel!!
Thanks man!
The way you started that off.
"Despise war and the politicians that send young men to die for their pocket books, but I love our fighting men"
Not sure I got that quote perfect bit hope the sentiment is close enough.
I like that
Thanks
Excellent
Donation suggestion. “Sage to Saddle”, program on Pine Ridge that gets the youth into horsemanship.
as usual Josh great job I really enjoyed it say hey sometime if you get a chance
Preach it son.
Good story. Not all Indians fared so poorly. The Osage were first considered the wealthiest people on earth in 1906, then again in 1921. They had done well way back during the fir trade, getting a royalty off the furs brought to Saint Louis. Even before that they had been blessed with a genetic strain producing giant size at a time when fights were won by hand. Produced warriors like General Clarence Tinker of WW II and code talkers in both the World Wars.
The Osage might not be the best example considering what occurred in the early 1900s
@@WildWestExtravaganza Being rich can be a mixed blessing. Most of their marriages were not exploitative, however. Theirs is certainly a unique anthropological study.
This video highlights a tiny percentage of the shameful treatment of native peoples by the United States government.
Strangely I just read about Dewey in the excellent book 'The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, A Ogallala Odyssey'. It traces an Ogallala family from when they still roamed free on the plains to modern day. I recommend it highly.
"I am here on my own ground and I will never go back. You may kill me here, but you cannot make me go back."
~Chief Dull Knife January 4, 1879
What's up from Oklahoma! I'm down here in Midland at the moment fracin some oil Wells
Hydrate
I agree with you
Good job
Thanks
I can relate to Dewey Beard. I am decended from 15 Confederate soldiers. Now the government has refused to protect our monuments, renamed the military bases named for our generals, and reduced us historicaly to the status of criminals.
Thank you bro
Thank you
@@WildWestExtravaganza u the best story teller I swear
"When they were Overtaken." "Overtook" was incorrect there. Grammar note.
Excellent video. Before handing out reparations, Native Americans should be first in line.
🙏🏼💯
Who is the horse that’s buried at Fort Riley? I think was the last official US Cavalry. I think he was around forty five when he died.
Another great podcast thank you very much Josh did you know there was a movie made in 1958 call Tonka and it was about a fictionalized history of this horse Comanche and when it comes to the miss treatment of the original Native Americans I believe what we did was worse than the slavery that we put the blacks through I mean at least a slave was kept in cared for not Not murdered with their wives and children
Thank you. And no, this is my first time hearing about that movie.
@@WildWestExtravaganza I remember seeing it when I was a kid I thought it might be it might’ve been a Disney movie but it was pretty good I think or starts out a long into an Indian played by Sal Mineo
This was a good story&truly sad,of a grieviously treated people.Never had heard of this poor guy.
Read the book called Gall,a Lakota who was a killer of US troops&got his coups of killing Crows etc.however they were a defeated sadly dismissed people
Good pounts on wasted money ¬ much to native Americans.
However,as a Canadian way more than enough has been handed over to first Nations there.
Great dichotomy in treatment way overboard to Canadian natives&far less for US.ones.Good exhortation for these peoples.
&less bad language!
But Josh! , thanks for the truth. Some of its ugly and some will be mad that you aren't on any side just reporting.
I always take my pants off and get comfortable and Josh starts jawin.
The Lakota are still suffering to this day,
Suffering is part of Life
Josh, I have to say thank you for you to call Greasy Grass by the name our Native Americans called it.
I try
The 7th should have used the Gatling guns on the Hostiles.
dewey is one of my kin also his two brothers
That's dope my mom was born in 52
The narrator sounds like Danny McBride
But Josh, they would treat any poor person the same.
God bless the Native American
I'm unsubscribing from everybody but you and Mark Felton and Duelist 1954. I have to find a simple yootoob downloader in case the world comes crashing down and I lose my wifi.
Thanks for a really good episode. I want my friends here in Oklahoma to see this. Thanks again. Peace.
You don't need a special downloader for my stuff. Any podcasting app will allow you to download to your phone. I personally use podcast addict.
Do a video on Ira Hayes, the Pima, AZ, flag raiser on Iwo Jima.
You first
Lakota sioux war leaders died in the great sioux war. American horse the minnconjou Lakota war leader died two days later after the battle of slim buttes September 9 - 10 1876 in the black hills of SD. The day after crazy horse led the Lakota- Cheyenne alliance surrendered at Fort Robinson Nebraska. The minnconjou Lakota war also died of his wounds two days later. At the battle of muddy creek also known as the battle of lame deer may 7 - 8, 1877 the us military calvery against the minnconjou Lakota and Cheyenne encampment in present day north Cheyenne reservation in Montana. Crazy horse is fatally wounded by a us soldiers bayonet at Fort Robinson September 5, 1877. The minnconjou war leader lame deers son fast bull with his Lakota sioux people surrendered at Fort Robinson Nebraska on September 30, 1877 the last Lakota sioux warrior to surrender during the final end of the great sioux war!