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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 6, 2006 11:23:43 GMT -6
I have a few comments by his doctor but who were the witnesses of his death ?
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Post by Tricia on Apr 6, 2006 11:26:35 GMT -6
I have always heard he died alone. What, pray tell, does said doctor say about Captain Weir?
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 6, 2006 11:36:23 GMT -6
He said that Weir was strange and was concerned about other people - he wanted to be alone in his room
It just suggests that he was affraid of something, and his letters are very disturbing too...
Maybe he was eventually murdered... I know that his behavior was strange before his death, but we also know that Benteen and him were insulting each other after the battle (it's in Sklenar's "To Hell)
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Post by weir on Apr 6, 2006 11:37:57 GMT -6
Benteen and Weir were close to fight each other with pistols, according to the same book (Sklenar).
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Post by crzhrs on Apr 6, 2006 11:42:57 GMT -6
Weir drank himself to death . . . his doctor said he was overly nervous and died from "melancholia"
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Post by weir on Apr 6, 2006 11:52:22 GMT -6
What does that mean ? Could you die from that ?
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 6, 2006 11:53:37 GMT -6
Weir drank himself to death . . . his doctor said he was overly nervous and died from "melancholia" In fact, nobody knew what was causing his death... Melancholia was only a good and murky word which meant nothing
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Post by crzhrs on Apr 6, 2006 11:59:06 GMT -6
"Melancholia is a mood of non-specific depression. It is characterised by low levels of enthusiasm and eagerness for activity. It was previously described as a distinct disease as early as the fifth and fourth centuries BC in the Hippocratic writings. It was characterized by "aversion to food, despondency, sleeplessness, irritability, restlessness," as well as the statement that "Grief and fear, when lingering, provoke melancholia". It is now generally believed that melancholia was the same phenomenon as what is now called clinical depression"
The doctor diagnosed Weir correctly and not your spin on it. We have to go by primary sources and the doctor was a primary source.
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Post by weir on Apr 6, 2006 12:02:32 GMT -6
Is it possible Weir committed suicide ?
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 6, 2006 12:05:26 GMT -6
Melancholia isn't causing death
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 6, 2006 12:06:15 GMT -6
Is it possible Weir committed suicide ? Yeah, could be it. After Little Bighorn, Weir was found in a stream by some officers and some of them believed that he could have jumped in it. Sounds like a suicide attempt
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Post by crzhrs on Apr 6, 2006 12:20:59 GMT -6
Weir fell off the wagon . . . so to speak . . . and was so upset he walked back to camp and that was right after the LBH.
<Melancholia isn't causing death>
There was no evidence of suicide found by the doctor.
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Post by custerstillstands on Apr 6, 2006 12:24:46 GMT -6
He JUMPED in a stream, or fell in it, which is pretty strange, isn't it ?
Melancholia doesn't mean anything. It's like if the conclusion was "Sadness". Something has killed Weir, could be himself of someone else.
But West, you're right, if I had witnessed an ugly betrayal as Weir did, I would probably commit suicide
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Post by crzhrs on Apr 6, 2006 12:29:41 GMT -6
If Weir committed suicide it may be because he did not go to Custer's rescue at Weir Point. Instead he ran when Indians came for him and his command.
I have not heard much more about Weir once he went back to Reno Hill. He seems to have disappeared. Was he hiding or did he take part in the action?
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Post by weir on Apr 6, 2006 12:35:28 GMT -6
If Weir committed suicide it may be because he did not go to Custer's rescue at Weir Point. Instead he ran when Indians came for him and his command. I have not heard much more about Weir once he went back to Reno Hill. He seems to have disappeared. Was he hiding or did he take part in the action? crzhrs you gonna insult Weir and CSS will jump at your back let continue the thread about Weir'death, and nothing else.
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