140th Anniversary of the Battle

[Diane Merkel]

I'm sure we'll see a lot of articles about the upcoming anniversary, so this thread will be devoted to them. As we review the writings from those times, please keep in mind that we cannot judge the men of 1876 by today's standards.

Here's an excerpt from Yankton, South Dakota:

Territorial Yankton’s reaction to the Little Bighorn debacle and the death of a revered hero was predictable. On July 8, 1876, this newspaper published an angry editorial on the event: “It was a cold blooded, barbarous massacre of men, any of whom is of more consequence in the estimation of the world and the eyes of the Lord than the entire forty thousand howling Sioux to whom the government is furnishing sustenance, ‘aid and comfort,’ and arms and ammunition with which to carry on their wholesale hellishness. Will the controlling powers not now realize that Indians are not men?”

Article: www.yankton.net/opinion/editorials/article_aa257884-dc3d-11e5-9264-132218b71ad9.html

[fred]

Feb 27, 2016 10:32:48 GMT -6 Diane Merkel said:

I'm sure we'll see a lot of articles about the upcoming anniversary, so this thread will be devoted to them. As we review the writings from those times, please keep in mind that we cannot judge the men of 1876 by today's standards.

How nice it is to see you back on your boards, contributing again like you used to. You were always a breath of fresh air here.

I hope you feel like ten million bucks!!!

Very best wishes,
Fred.