Post by shawn on Jan 26, 2006 21:21:33 GMT -6
This is the epilogue in my book (Ill try and not make too many typos!!!)
"I think the death of Custer came very quickly. The surprise is, not that he was killed, but the way he died. I have studied the happening very carefully and the actions of one individual, in particular. To me, this individual has been acting very suspiciously for a long time, and I don't mean the last few hours. I mean the last few months, if not longer than that. He has continually been at places he shouldn't have been and with people he shouldn't have been talking to. He has always known things that should have been known only to the Indians themselves. Right now he is at a place he has been told not to be, but this time, he is exactly where he know he must be. As the fighting is just beginning, he is toward the back of the troops. He has been noticed there but is not that out of place. He has been here since just before the little battle at Blummer's Ridge. As a matter of fact, he is the reason there was a Blummer's Ridge. He is the reason the Indians weren't running away, the reason Crazy Horse is now attacking from the rear. He has only one thing left to do and then his job is finished. He slowly works his way toward the front of the troopers, now fighting for their lives. He is totally unnoticed as he fires a shot occasionally to protect himself. He is now nearing the front where the battle had begun only a few brief minutes before. Everywhere he hears he disbelief that his is happening. It is no surprise to this man, for you see, he knew what the outcome of the Battle was to be before it started. As a matter of fact, he helped plan the Battle very carefully, and there is only one thing left undone. He has gone over this in his mind many times, and he knows just how it shall be done. He slowly rides to the left of the commanding officer, raises his pistol and, in that brief fraction of a second, General George Armstrong Custer is Dead.
What happens next almost shocks those who saw it as much as the killing itself. The man who shot Custer spurs his horse straight toward the Indian lines. His horse is at full run in less than fifty feet. Another 300 feet and he will be in the enemy's midst. In the next few seconds, the man shall tumble from his horse, shot by the still shocked troopers. His body will be found by Terry's troops two days later. All that shall be known of what has just happened is that MITCH BOUYER, the half-breed scout, shall have died with Custer on the Little Big Horn. It shall never be known what all went into those few minutes of Custer's life, all the planning, months in advance.
Mitch Bouyer and a Sioux war party were at the Crow reservation on the Stillwater the very day that General Gibbon was there, trying to recruit Crows for the upcoming battle. This meeting took place in April of 1876. It was never proved but there were strong suspicions that some of this same Sioux war party disguised themselves as Crow and sat in on the very meeting where the particulars of the battle were planned. How many meetings Bouyer was to have with the Sioux in the next few months will never be known. Many times he was off "scouting" in the territories. He was the on who was always telling others about the big battle that was coming and about how many Indians there were. He was the one who could see the village when no one but the other Crow could see it, not even with glasses. He was the one who went for a short scouting trip at the Crows Nest while waiting in the dark with the Crow. He returned a few hours later with a Sioux jacket that he said he just happened to find in the dark. This jacket is the one he wore into battle.
Bouyer is the one who rode to the white bluffs north of the Lone Tepee. The other scouts who had abandoned Lt. Varnum joined him, and they watched the few Indians who were to lead Major Reno toward the trap that almost caught him. Did they just watch the small band or was there a brief meeting again? They had the time. They were almost an hour ahead of Custer and the troops. Bouyer was the scout who, when he was dismissed by Custer went to the bluffs that overlooked the village and fired into the village. You see, he had not known that Custer was going to split his command and send just Reno to attack the south end where all the braves were hiding, while taking his troops behind the bluff, out of sight of the village, to attack the north end. Bouyer fired into the village and waved his hat to let the village know there were more soldiers coming another way. Bouyer was the one who left the other scouts and caught up with Custer just before the alarmed Indians had attacked at Blummer's Ridge. All this can and has been documented many times before, but it has never been put together in the proper sequence to make any sense of it. There is no doubt that this is all circumstantial evidence, but many a man has been sent to his death on a lot less. There is one important fact left. Mitch Bouyer is a half-breed, French and Sioux, not Crow, as many people have thought. When he died, he was heading home to join his brothers, the Sioux." pg 163-164, Weibert
Just thought this was a nice little piece of speculation to share. I wonder how far from the truth this really is...it makes sense in a weird sort of way...who knows?
Shawn
"I think the death of Custer came very quickly. The surprise is, not that he was killed, but the way he died. I have studied the happening very carefully and the actions of one individual, in particular. To me, this individual has been acting very suspiciously for a long time, and I don't mean the last few hours. I mean the last few months, if not longer than that. He has continually been at places he shouldn't have been and with people he shouldn't have been talking to. He has always known things that should have been known only to the Indians themselves. Right now he is at a place he has been told not to be, but this time, he is exactly where he know he must be. As the fighting is just beginning, he is toward the back of the troops. He has been noticed there but is not that out of place. He has been here since just before the little battle at Blummer's Ridge. As a matter of fact, he is the reason there was a Blummer's Ridge. He is the reason the Indians weren't running away, the reason Crazy Horse is now attacking from the rear. He has only one thing left to do and then his job is finished. He slowly works his way toward the front of the troopers, now fighting for their lives. He is totally unnoticed as he fires a shot occasionally to protect himself. He is now nearing the front where the battle had begun only a few brief minutes before. Everywhere he hears he disbelief that his is happening. It is no surprise to this man, for you see, he knew what the outcome of the Battle was to be before it started. As a matter of fact, he helped plan the Battle very carefully, and there is only one thing left undone. He has gone over this in his mind many times, and he knows just how it shall be done. He slowly rides to the left of the commanding officer, raises his pistol and, in that brief fraction of a second, General George Armstrong Custer is Dead.
What happens next almost shocks those who saw it as much as the killing itself. The man who shot Custer spurs his horse straight toward the Indian lines. His horse is at full run in less than fifty feet. Another 300 feet and he will be in the enemy's midst. In the next few seconds, the man shall tumble from his horse, shot by the still shocked troopers. His body will be found by Terry's troops two days later. All that shall be known of what has just happened is that MITCH BOUYER, the half-breed scout, shall have died with Custer on the Little Big Horn. It shall never be known what all went into those few minutes of Custer's life, all the planning, months in advance.
Mitch Bouyer and a Sioux war party were at the Crow reservation on the Stillwater the very day that General Gibbon was there, trying to recruit Crows for the upcoming battle. This meeting took place in April of 1876. It was never proved but there were strong suspicions that some of this same Sioux war party disguised themselves as Crow and sat in on the very meeting where the particulars of the battle were planned. How many meetings Bouyer was to have with the Sioux in the next few months will never be known. Many times he was off "scouting" in the territories. He was the on who was always telling others about the big battle that was coming and about how many Indians there were. He was the one who could see the village when no one but the other Crow could see it, not even with glasses. He was the one who went for a short scouting trip at the Crows Nest while waiting in the dark with the Crow. He returned a few hours later with a Sioux jacket that he said he just happened to find in the dark. This jacket is the one he wore into battle.
Bouyer is the one who rode to the white bluffs north of the Lone Tepee. The other scouts who had abandoned Lt. Varnum joined him, and they watched the few Indians who were to lead Major Reno toward the trap that almost caught him. Did they just watch the small band or was there a brief meeting again? They had the time. They were almost an hour ahead of Custer and the troops. Bouyer was the scout who, when he was dismissed by Custer went to the bluffs that overlooked the village and fired into the village. You see, he had not known that Custer was going to split his command and send just Reno to attack the south end where all the braves were hiding, while taking his troops behind the bluff, out of sight of the village, to attack the north end. Bouyer fired into the village and waved his hat to let the village know there were more soldiers coming another way. Bouyer was the one who left the other scouts and caught up with Custer just before the alarmed Indians had attacked at Blummer's Ridge. All this can and has been documented many times before, but it has never been put together in the proper sequence to make any sense of it. There is no doubt that this is all circumstantial evidence, but many a man has been sent to his death on a lot less. There is one important fact left. Mitch Bouyer is a half-breed, French and Sioux, not Crow, as many people have thought. When he died, he was heading home to join his brothers, the Sioux." pg 163-164, Weibert
Just thought this was a nice little piece of speculation to share. I wonder how far from the truth this really is...it makes sense in a weird sort of way...who knows?
Shawn