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Post by AZ Ranger on Oct 13, 2015 6:25:56 GMT -6
I know that Michael Donahue and Douglas Scott are working on the Ford D area. They even were doing some metal detecting near a picture location of the Kellogg marker. Next year a lot of us will be there. I would suggest joining the friends of the Little Bighorn if you are going to be in the vicinity during their field tour. www.friendslittlebighorn.com/Last year bc and myself went with the tour up on Sharpshooter Ridge. Michael Donahue has led the tours the last two years. I know this year I will sign up for the tour early and that Tori Harper will probably going along. Tori is Gordie's daughter and pushed hard to get her dad's book published. We did a short raft trip on the Real Bird property and plan on having the Real Bird's assist us next year. We started in the reenactor camp and had on a USMC shirt. I told them we would show them how to do it right. An amphibious assault. We one of our squad flipped over and lost a paddle and we finished before making contact. We are friends with the reenactors and the cavalry school and it should be a fun adventure. Don't judge all reenactors by one example. I like horses and they certainly have them there with all of the horses fun and faults. I told them I would be bringing my Dutch ovens and cooking one night in their camp. I think Tori will be helping and has gotten to be a great Dutch oven cook herself. Regards AZ Ranger
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Post by AZ Ranger on Oct 13, 2015 6:30:44 GMT -6
Hi Michael, All the bodies in Deep Ravine of course. It may not tell much more about the flow of the battle but once they find the location and work from there towards the river it might yield a ton of artifacts, and sometimes archeology throws up some wonderful surprises. Cheers, conrad Excellent reminder, Conrad! I hope the NPS can get such a project going some day! Scott discussed that it would cost around one hundred thousand to do the Deep Ravine site. The park doesn't have that much but it is not really beyond private funding, So it could happen. Regards AZ Ranger
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Post by Beth on Oct 13, 2015 12:54:24 GMT -6
The picture of the original Mark Kellogg stone has been mentioned often. Can anyone suggest to me where to find it?
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Post by rebcav on May 1, 2016 18:48:51 GMT -6
These discoveries may not be found on The Battlefield itself, but there's a few item's related to the Battle of The Little Bighorn such as the alleged "trophies" taken and said to be stashed somewhere. That would be killer. Another thing that would be cool to settle one way or another would be the story of the "Lost Gold of the Far West"...(I'm a treasure hunter at heart). And lastly, I'd like to see the actual Grave Site of Crazy Horse be found, so an appropriate monument can be placed over the grave of a Good Man. It's nice to see some new screen names, means we have some new people.....COOL. Respectfully Submitted, Duane
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Post by tubman13 on May 2, 2016 6:04:18 GMT -6
Duane, I think others will agree, there is no lost gold. However, the NA children made paper dolls from the troopers cash. As to CH grave, that indeed would be cool, he was taken up a drainage by family and they were not gone all that long. One would have to know which drainage/stream. A proper marker at the location would be nice. A fair number of the battlefield trophies have been found, and a fair number were turned into something else.
You are more likely to find gold dust in your snorkel than any of the above. Good stuff though, I would love to be wrong.
Regards, Tom
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Post by crzhrs on May 2, 2016 11:46:56 GMT -6
When I was on Sioux Reservations I had the good fortune to meet a number of younger Native Americans. They even invited me to their homes to meet their families. Once we settled in I was surprised how open they were about having weapons buried in the hills in case the government wants to crack down on them, or the "souvenirs" from battles their ancestors took from soldiers in the 19th century that they rarely talk about to outsiders.
To a person they all said it would be a horrible mistake if the resting place of Crazy Horse was revealed because grave robbers would dig up his bones and put them on display along with any paraphanelia buried with him or to make money by exploiting the name of Crazy Horse.
Many were also opposed to the "sculpture/monument" of Crazy Horse in the Black Hills. They all said the last thing CH would want was to be singled out or glamorized. They say he was for the people and not for himself and rarely, if ever bragged about his accomplishments and for the most part stayed out of big talk. But when he did everyone listened.
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Post by dave on May 2, 2016 13:00:27 GMT -6
I know of no Indian monuments that were erected by Native Americans. Their culture always focused on the tribe, band or family with few individuals such as Sitting Bull or Red Cloud being celebrated. I agree that Crazy Horses' burial location is best lost for the reasons as mentioned in Horse's post. Regards Dave
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Post by herosrest on May 6, 2016 15:55:26 GMT -6
Ducemus Once upon a time, the reality of this battle was that the Cheyenne were camped near the western fords when Custer's command arrived at Maguire's ford B. Following that suppository leads one to White Shield at his tepee, explaining precisely what happened, where, to G.B. Grinnell who had a greater than decent grasp of the Fighting Cheyenne's language.
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Post by tubman13 on May 7, 2016 3:45:12 GMT -6
Not sure what White Shield has to do with "Big Discoveries" remaining(this thread), but if I want a Cheyenne narrative I will go with Wooden Leg/Marquis or JSIT.
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